[HN Gopher] TikTok Brings War Home to Your Child
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TikTok Brings War Home to Your Child
Author : ironyman
Score : 10 points
Date : 2023-12-21 21:37 UTC (1 hours ago)
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| ironyman wrote:
| archive/paywall: https://archive.is/KQrWs
| amadeuspagel wrote:
| An interesting question in general, not just for children: Is it
| desirable at all to see videos of graphic violence, even if they
| are accurate? Does this improve anyone's judgement?
| MisterBastahrd wrote:
| War is entirely different when it goes from "Jimmy heard that
| bombs were dropped on a hospital" to "here is a hospital where
| bombs are dropped. Here are the people trying to pull family
| members and the dead out of the rubble. Here is a cat feasting
| on the remains of a deceased person because there's no food in
| the area. Here is a man throwing the body parts of his child
| into a duffel bag so that he can bury them according to his
| religious customs."
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| War is a neat little 3 letter word. The brutality that war
| inflict should be mandatory viewing so that we know what
| engaging them costs regular people.
| AirMax98 wrote:
| As an example, "The Terror of War" turned many people in
| America against the Vietnam war.
| veggieburrito wrote:
| It can be something relevant to seek out but wouldn't use the
| word desirable at all. It may improve judgement but hopefully
| serves better to improve humility and gratitude.
| goles wrote:
| There definitely is a level of war voyeurism on social media
| for the past several conflicts.
|
| Gratuitously watching people die, I suspect, won't really
| change anyone's vote, or to volunteer, or donate. At least long
| term, because the violence usually is the attraction, not the
| conflict. And there will always be a new conflict.
|
| A few key events in history have happened because of lets say,
| acute exposure. But chronic exposure, to your point, possibly
| makes our judgement worse.
| ksoped wrote:
| Wahhh I don't want my kid to know about the atrocities being
| committed in Israel. I only fund it and fully support it, but my
| children shouldn't know that they're people too.
| singleshot_ wrote:
| That's a pretty reasonable position for you to take concerning
| your own children, but you should consider that you don't get
| to tell me how to raise mine.
| MisterBastahrd wrote:
| Please show where they stated otherwise.
| singleshot_ wrote:
| If you're having trouble following his sarcastic post and
| my sarcastic reply this might not be the right thread for
| you but here goes:
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| He seems to be advocating for TikTok to have the ability to
| jam his view of reality down children's throats but I think
| this is a lousy idea.
| StarterPro wrote:
| Not a single mention of "Not interested" or blocking the page.
| This wouldn't be anywhere near the actual usage of the app.
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