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kimbutgar

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14. The one thing about the internet is that has been a blessing and curse at the same time

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Oct 19, 2022, 11:35 AM

Oct 2022

Before the internet people weren’t as crazy and radicalized as they are today. A lot of our division I out country has been because of the integer that. But a lot of being connected and learning has also been though the internet. Anyone can post on the internet crazy shit and get away with it.

That said I love the community of DU and would be upset if it was gone,

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Buffalo shooter 'radicalized' through fringe online platforms, report finds [View all] brooklynite Oct 2022 OP

Not radicalization but rather "free speech." Evolve Dammit Oct 2022 #1

I'm surprised to see Twitch blamed. They have a pretty solid content policy. Coventina Oct 2022 #2

Do they allow live-streaming of shootings? yardwork Oct 2022 #10

did they look into a talk radio influence? 9 stations supported by U of syracuse, 150 miles from certainot Oct 2022 #3

Maybe video games also need to be looked at Kaleva Oct 2022 #6

Yeah because those games aren't played radicalleft Oct 2022 #11

And fringe websites aren't accessible anywhere else in the world either Kaleva Oct 2022 #12

My point exactlry... radicalleft Oct 2022 #15

The one difference is availability of guns Kaleva Oct 2022 #16

this fringe media is barbtries Oct 2022 #4

They always cry "the 1st Amend." BigmanPigman Oct 2022 #5

First Amendment keithbvadu2 Oct 2022 #7

yes i would. barbtries Oct 2022 #8

Radicalized by Responsible Gun owning Christians... purr-rat beauty Oct 2022 #9

Pearly Young, 77, was killed by a Fox/Trump domestic terrorist in Buffalo while shopping for groceri keithbvadu2 Oct 2022 #13

The one thing about the internet is that has been a blessing and curse at the same time kimbutgar Oct 2022 #14

"I'm calling on the NY AG to pass a remedial civics course." mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 #17

4 chan Arminio Oct 2022 #18

The headline blames multiple platforms maxsolomon Oct 2022 #19