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We have to start by giving less attention to these events.

We have to start by being kind to the people who need it most and are often the most difficult to be kind to.

You can’t just create a way to think of people who do things as some sort of “other”, we are all human and capable of similar things given the wrong circumstances.




I've often wondered what would happen if mass shootings were just reported in some dry government report released on some Friday in July.

(Obviously this would either have to be a voluntary media cooperation or violate the free press. But an interesting hypothetical.)


Replacing the perp’s name with “John Doe” or “Jane Doe” in major publications seems like a strong first step.


Unfortunately, that would be also great ground for misinformation about those shootings. Which is already large factor - both with regards to concrete incidents and general culture.


If the shooter is white, the left wing will accuse the media of trying to cover up for a hate crime.

If the shooter is not white, the right wing will accuse the media of trying to cover up a violent criminal.


We have given relatively little attention to all the times someone has driven their car through protesters, but it still keeps happening.


A third of the country thinks those protesters probably deserve it (regardless of what they're protesting). I'm not sure the analogy holds for 8 year olds.




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