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Originally Posted by Ammi

…it really is extremely scary, obviously the violence in itself is terrifying but it’s no longer just that, it’s the ‘aftermath’ also that’s almost become ‘a game’…of online personalities…MTVN touched on it earlier in the thread and there almost feels like a ‘giddiness’ of creating narratives and then following the path of those creations regardless of whatever truths surround it all…the shock and horror of the taking of life(lives) becomes lost in a ‘tribal war’ of left/right, Republic/Democrat…and sadly in the US atm, there is a leader who is nurturing and encouraging that as well…many senators, after Charlie Kirk’s killing, expressed that this was a crime against a US citizen and Republics and Democrats should come together in their mutual horror …but sadly I’m realising, I think many of us are realising that, that isn’t the world so many want and so many encourage ….there is a thirst to live within the lawless Wild West of the internet and internet personas…it’s a scary time and a scary world and words of violence are more and more becoming actions of violence…

This, all the way.
Excellent post.