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Re:What happens when the CCP decides that you need to die by jonny383 on Saturday January 02, 2021 @04:57AM (#25611601)
"Content warning: extremely graphic distressing images of people being shot in the head by PRC security forces"

Not sure how this could be any clearer.

Re:What happens when the CCP decides that you need to die by oulu2006 on Saturday January 02, 2021 @05:01AM (#25611629)
I found this warning clear enough.

I think it's a good thing to include these images, we've become too used to content moderation that we're desensitized to a lot of the atrocities that are still happening daily around the world.

Re:What happens when the CCP decides that you need to die by tartrate on Saturday January 02, 2021 @05:03AM (#25611641)
The images are worse than that. A picture taken at a distance of someone being shot in the head is easier to see or scroll by than a closeup of a head blown in half.
Re:What happens when the CCP decides that you need to die by ern on Saturday January 02, 2021 @05:26AM (#25611776)
The photo of the woman whose head was blown in half by the rifle is many years (decades?) old. It’s profoundly disturbing, but it’s been widely available for a long time.

That doesn’t make it any less brutal or disturbing, but it serves as a reminder of how often we are willing to turn a blind eye to atrocities when it’s economically or politically expedient.

Re:What happens when the CCP decides that you need to die by mettamage on Saturday January 02, 2021 @04:58AM (#25611608)
The phrase sometimes gets a bit overused. I wasn't fully prepared for some images either.
Re:What happens when the CCP decides that you need to die by lasfter on Saturday January 02, 2021 @05:00AM (#25611618)
Distressing can be pretty subjective, and I was definitely not expecting to be THAT distressed. Figured other people might also be caught off guard.
Re:What happens when the CCP decides that you need to die by frereubu on Saturday January 02, 2021 @05:14AM (#25611701)
I see where you’re coming from, but perhaps something like “close-ups of mutilated bodies after execution by large-calibre weapons to the head” would give more of an indication. I didn’t expect the gore, just a wide shot of someone with a gun to their head, a bit like the famous one of the add-hoc execution in the street in Vietnam by Eddie Adams.