The Unsatisfying Truth About Hateful Online Rhetoric And Violence

amarashar's bookmarks 2018-11-26

Summary:

In reporting out the series of events that led Lane Davis to stab his father to death, I came to believe that his path to violence was holistic, unique. To blame it solely on the far-right media, or toxic digital communities, or internet content production, or Lane’s hopeless job prospects, or his troubled family life, or his psychology, or structural hatred, would be insufficient, if not ridiculous. Those things all had to interact in the wrong way.

Link:

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/josephbernstein/does-hateful-speech-lead-to-violence

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Date tagged:

11/26/2018, 17:21

Date published:

11/26/2018, 12:21