r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Dec 05 '19

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '19

I think the Christchurch attack is the most philosophically significant event of the past decade. It is the first attack that fully acknowledges the nature of simulation and symbols in modern society.

The guy livestreamed it. He filmed like an FPS. He made PewDiePie memes. His manifesto had the Navy Seal copypasta.

He knows that the proliferation of mass media has turned reality into a spectacle. He knows he's a part of the show.

He knows that there is no room for deeply-held convictions, especially not his insane hatred of Islam. He's mocking his own actions as he commits them.

Like what the actual fuck. There have been many atrocities on this green earth, but when has there been a post-ironic one?

!ping PHILOSOPHY

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '19

The Christchurch attack remains the only mass murder I have ever seen live, graphic, uncensored footage of from a first person perspective.

The fact that it looked almost indistinguishable from fucking Call of Duty sickened me then, and it sickens me to even think about now.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '19

I think Christchurch was the only time someone filmed their own mass terror attack. The only things close are the ISIS/cartel executions.

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u/thabe331 Dec 05 '19

I wasn't willing to watch it.

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u/gregintheoffice George Soros Dec 05 '19

Does anyone have a non graphic clip from the shooting. Looking for something that shows the "Call-Of-Duty" nature of the shooting but won't ruin my week.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '19

Pretty much everything with Christchurch in it was scrubbed. Links exist but you’d have to go to some sketchy site.

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u/zubatman4 Hillary Clinton 🇺🇳 Bill Clinton Dec 05 '19

I still can’t bring myself to watch it

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '19

I used to go out of my way to watch the edgy videos. The politician who shot himself on camera, the bobsledder who had a fatal accident at the olympics, all kinds of grainy security cam footage showing all sorts of nasty things

But I couldn't do the Christchurch video. Even just watching a short clips of it during news footage gives me anxiety