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YouTube and Reddit are sued for allegedly enabling the racist mass shooting in Buffalo that left 10 dead::The complementary lawsuits claim that the massacre in 2022 was made possible by tech giants, a local gun shop, and the gunman’s parents.

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[-] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 64 points 1 year ago

Because every gun owner thinks they are "the good guys"

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 27 points 1 year ago

Because every gun owner thinks they are “the good guys”

Just wait till I use my gun to save a bunch of lives. Then you'll see that I'm a hero. /s

[-] aidan@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Usually from their perspective they are. Most people don't try to be bad.

Yep. This guy thought he was fighting a righteous battle against the evil of white replacement. Brainwashed, but not insane by any clinical definition any more than any soldier is.

[-] MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

This is a key insight. There have been plenty of despots and dictators that ruled countries for decades while committing uncountable atrocities who had full command of their faculties.

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