I've thought about this too as someone who tends to get badly upset by images. I think adults need to confront sometimes but
I take great care to shield people from graphic imagery, but I often wonder if that helps obfuscate atrocitieshttps://twitter.com/JamilaHanan/status/808693903033569284 …
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I don't think it's useful to inflict a terrible image on anyone and everyone on a public forum. You don't know who is seeing it.
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It's an act of random aggression in its own right. I remember being totally traumatised by an image months after a harsh experience
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I really didn't deserve it and it didn't help. I don't think lack of exposure to horror is the whole story behind
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the cognitive disconnect that causes people to be complacent Empathy & compassion can't be shocked into someone like a punishment.
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I know all of that, it's baked into my curation practice. Otoh a strong case can be made that omission of evidence is censorship
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Yes I know. I damn near got banned from a forum once 4 posting something graphic because I was so angry w the lack of realisation
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and the all round prissiness. But I upset some ppl quite a bit. Adults shd confront reality or not call themselves that name. But
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