The reason I think that it wasn’t politically motivated is because, we have this poor kid that has been bullied every day for years.

In the usual run of things in the US this would just be another school shooting. But those are so passé now days.

To be truly remembered and immortalised you shoot the loudest bully in the world.

This got deleted from unpopular opinions, reason is justifying violence. Just a note, I’m not trying to justify what Thomas did, just speculating on his motivations.

  • A_A@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    “this may not be the right community” … and :
    “I’m surprised this was removed from unpopular” …

    … so you see, this is the problem. Many moderators will think : oh I don't like this post probably it shouldn't be here anyway in case of doubt let's just delete it we have too much work already !

    • Clent@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Yep. I would jump at the chance to be in a forum that didn’t have moderation. The early internet did just fine without moderation.

      Learning to ignore the crazy person on the street corner is a life lesson. Having them arrest or otherwise disposed of because, “it’s wrong because…” is not workable approach. No one has executed it successfully, even billion dollar companies fail at it.

        • Clent@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          4chan is anonymous. That leaves only the turds that can handle the stink.

          Things like Usenet were only semi-anonymous.

          I actually think the internet works better with personas that stick to the person. There are issues there but they are solvable.

          A forum where anyone can spin up new accounts is closer to anonymous/4chan than Usenet was.

          • Carrolade@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            1 year ago

            Fair. Another difference with the early internet was the self-selecting population though, just a whole bunch of nerds. Now it’s everybody.

        • absGeekNZ@lemmy.nzOPEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Yep 4chan is a cesspit of hatred.

          Learning to ignore the crazy person on the street corner is a life lesson.

          While I agree fully with your sentiment, the internet brings all the crazies of the world to the same street corner and emboldens them. They think their views are the norm because everyone around them is spouting the same shit, whereas in times gone by the crazies were isolated and the shit didn’t leach from them like a cracked sewer main.