• JohnBrownsBussy2 [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    9 months ago

    It’s obviously sad and very disturbing, and should be the kind of thing that wakes people up. Unfortunately, the US media is very careful on downplaying/misreporting self-immolations, even though in theory it’s the type of macabre story that they’d capitalize on.

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      9 months ago

      Soon from the US media: “We need to ban all images from Gaza so young people don’t hurt themselves!”

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      9 months ago

      I think it’s treated similar to suicides where giving them certain kinds of publicity causes a predictable uptick in suicide rates. How it took them so long to start applying the same standards to mass shooters, I’ll never know.