It appears that in every thread about this event there is someone calling everyone else in the thread sick and twisted for not proclaiming that all lives are sacred and being for the death of one individual.

It really is a real life trolley problem because those individuals are not seeing the deaths caused the insurance industry and not realizing that sitting back and doing nothing (i.e. not pulling the lever on the train track switch) doesn’t save lives…people are going to continue to die if nothing is done.

Taking a moral high ground and stating that all lives matter is still going to costs lives and instead of it being a few CEOs it will be thousands.

  • cliffracerflyyy@lemm.ee
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    18 days ago

    That’s one of those jokes that also works for any kind of hate speech. In fact, that’s where it came from.

    Laughing at this shows how easily you’re mobilized for any kind of terrorism.

    This won’t make you think.

    • arandomthought@sh.itjust.works
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      17 days ago

      It did in fact make me think and I thank you for that. You won’t like the outcome of that thinking, though.

      First of all, I’m far far away from being “mobilized”. I do agree that you could call what the killer did “terrorism” though, as he seeks to influence behavior by mortal fear (terror). Wheter the end justifies the means (as some would argue for example for "eco-terrorism) I don’t know. But I see how some people may feel like all other, more civil, avenues to change their life and the system for the better have been blocked off. But again, I’m far from being “mobilized” as in encouraging such behavior or even picking up a gun myself.

      Now why did I laugh at the response? Simple: It’s morbid and unexpected, which are two aspects that I often find humorous.

      Do I feel bad about laughing? No. The reason and the main difference to the “hate speech” you refer to are twofold: First, this joke is punching up, not punching down, as hate speech usually is. Second, hate speech is usually about what people are (black, asian, transgender, gay). This guy in contrast was loathed for what he did. That’s a major difference, since you can’t change what you are but what you do is in your hands.

      I would love to hear a response from you but the condescension and smugness in your tone of writing makes me think that this won’t make you think.