Charlie Hebdo: first cover since terror attack depicts prophet Muhammad

Re:Charlie Hebdo: first cover since terror attack depicts pr... by sarciszewski on Tuesday January 13, 2015 @08:09AM (#8879506)

A handful of HN users with >= 500 karma didn't like either:

- The fact that I don't embrace the concept of trigger warnings.

- The fact that I responded in agreement to another comment.

- The fact that I suggested the warning could have been placed in response to a fear of retaliation.

- Me. Just, in general.

- All of the above.

But since none of the downvoters had enough gumption to actually say what they didn't like about my comment, we'll never know. :)

My pet theory for what motivates these squads of downvoters is a mix of laziness and cowardice.

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Re:Charlie Hebdo: first cover since terror attack depicts pr... by TeMPOraL on Tuesday January 13, 2015 @09:12AM (#8879918)

You should have put a trigger warning - "Point of view disagreeing with the majority media narrative - could cause compulsive downvoting behaviour".

;).

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Re:Charlie Hebdo: first cover since terror attack depicts pr... by sarciszewski on Tuesday January 13, 2015 @10:34AM (#8880432)

Heh. I don't really think I'm even disagreeing with the majority media narrative here. I do think trigger warnings can be taken to ridiculous extremes (e.g. imagine a trigger warning every 30 seconds of a horror film) and, as a result, am not fond of them as an idea.

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