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[–] 0x0@programming.dev -5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Is it the fault of social media for cultivating an environment that radicalizes people into committing mass shootings? Yes.

Really? Then add videogames and heavy metal to the list. And why not most organized religions? Same argument, zero sense. There's way more at play than Person watches X content = person is now radicalized, unless we're talking about someone with severe cognitive deficit.

And since this is the US... perhaps add easy access to guns? Nah, that's totally unrelated.

[–] Chetzemoka@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

"Person watches X creative and clearly fictional content" is not analogous in any way to "person watches X video essay crafted to look like a documentary, but actually just full of lies and propaganda"

Don't be ridiculous

[–] 0x0@programming.dev -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

So it's the severe cognitive deficit. Ok. Watching anything inherently bad and thinking it's ok to do so becauses it seems legit.. that's ridiculous.

[–] Chetzemoka@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

I mean, yes. People are stupid. That's why we have safety regulations. This court case is about a lack of safety regulations.