Re:Inciting Violence vs Freedom of Speech
by warmwaffles on Sunday August 20, 2017 @07:47PM
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Vice is just trying to add more sensationalism to the event. Which in of itself is not necessary. So why they had to mention it is beyond me.
Re:Inciting Violence vs Freedom of Speech
by liberte82 on Monday August 21, 2017 @07:12PM
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This is more just blaming the media for everything. How is reporting on a police helicopter crash related to the event not newsworthy? Trump himself tweeted about it, and by the way, we still haven't heard anything on the cause.
Let's focus our upset feelings on the things that actually matter, like neo-Nazis in our streets, rather than on nit-picking journalistic investigations into them.
Because they conflate the two. I've seen it in so many headlines regarding this event. It's not just the one casualty due to the car incident, they then go on and word it such that you'd think two police men died as a direct result of the protests.
It's way worse than a bunch of people walking around espousing racist views. Real-time subtle manipulation of large amounts of individuals is what actually matters. Democracy/society breaks down when you have large-scale brainwashing and suppression of dissenting opinions/views past a certain tipping point. Ironically, I'd argue that's a large component of how the Nazis in Germany rose to power.
The police officers were flying the surveillance helicopter over the crowds downtown when their helicopter crashed, so I'd agree with Vice that their deaths are related to the events.