YouTube and Reddit are sued for allegedly enabling the racist mass shooting in Buffalo that left 10 dead - eviltoast

YouTube and Reddit are sued for allegedly enabling the racist mass shooting in Buffalo that left 10 dead::The complementary lawsuits claim that the massacre in 2022 was made possible by tech giants, a local gun shop, and the gunman’s parents.

  • aidan@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Usually from their perspective they are. Most people don’t try to be bad.

    • Eufalconimorph@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 year ago

      Yep. This guy thought he was fighting a righteous battle against the evil of white replacement. Brainwashed, but not insane by any clinical definition any more than any soldier is.

      • MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca
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        This is a key insight. There have been plenty of despots and dictators that ruled countries for decades while committing uncountable atrocities who had full command of their faculties.