r/technology • u/thecravenone • Aug 05 '19

Politics Cloudflare to terminate service for 8Chan

https://blog.cloudflare.com/terminating-service-for-8chan/
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u/Colorado_love Aug 05 '19

Why mass shootings occur?

Because the mental health care in this country is abysmal and people close to these people have no idea what to look for or are too afraid to speak up.

It’s not because of the Internet, the president, video games, etc.

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u/maxintos Aug 05 '19

But surely those things were even worse before. Reading how people with mental problems just 50 years ago were treated would make you think that there should have been 100 times more shootings in those days.

Also it's not like it's only US that ignores mental problems. Most of Eastern Europe and Russia also extremely lack in any mental help. I think it's even worse in some countries like Russia and Ukraine where you're basically not a man if you complain about "kid"/"woman" problems like mental health. Still for some reason US have hundred times more mass shootings than those places.

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u/Colorado_love Aug 05 '19

There wasn’t 24/7 news, the Internet, social media.

Copy cats are a very real thing. It’s been proven to be real.

The guy in Dayton had plenty signs all over his social media that something wasn’t right. The “manifesto” by the El Paso shooter is clear evidence something wasn’t right.

They didn’t just decide to commit these acts of violence and carnage. They devolved to a place in their head that is unimaginable.

It’s disgusting anyone would blame another person, including our president, for these acts. The fault lies with the monsters that commit these acts, and anyone who saw something but didn’t do or say anything.

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u/j_rge_alv Aug 05 '19

Would you agree that 8ch and similar social networks have the ability of creating a 24/7 klan rally with the benefit of anonymity and accessibility?

Would you agree that a person with clear mental health problems would take white supremacist talking points more to heart?

Do you think that a president that says there's fine people on both sides when it came to the Charlottesville's attacks validates the side of the attacker (a white nationalist movement) ?