we can do two things at once
The editorial suggests that toxic online environments can promote physical violence, including gun violence. I think it's likely true. If you let it, the internet can spew a regimen of polarizing grievance, day after day, month after month. Why else would investigators immediately search the online trail mass shooters leave, looking for a manifesto, or just the breadcrumbs of rage leading to violence?
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