Unfortunately in the Internet age, especially when you have a topic is as polarizing as killing for sport, you will have people who are hardlined against it. People who become violently angry when they see an animal such as this killed for no reason other than to stoke the "hunters" ego. In this case, it's a large majority of people. I'm not saying the public shaming is the right course of justice, but there's absolutely no way to curb people who find this topic disgusting from displaying their displeasure online. Whether it be through Twitter, Facebook, or comments on news stories online. People will absolutely find a way to shame someone that they think is totally and completely wrong in their decisions & actions. I don't know what the answer is. I don't feel that people should watch what they do, but at the same time I think it's prudent to be aware that the decisions people make might not be within the confines of their social groups anymore. Is that right? I don't think so, but as the last couple of years have shown us, that doesn't really mean anything anymore, it's just the way things are now. Especially when it involves topics like this. Unlike flameswin, I really don't see how shaming like this can be curbed. And in some scenarios, public shaming and public awareness via social media has done a lot of good. So again, who knows what the answer is.
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