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Originally Posted by Thor
Of course you can, social media has this ugly side of it where people pile on and judge people well before the facts come out, often harshly and without any empathy.
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You mean like the twitter outrage of the "white boy" getting the gorilla killed?
The only reason I knew the child's race (because I didn't want to watch the video) was images like this being posted:
The difference is most reasonable people dismissed the racist undertones (on both sides).
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Originally Posted by Thor
I see this so often with animal lovers (I count myself one) who become so angry over the death of an animal that they wish horrible things on those responsible.
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I agree with this. And a rare gorilla being killed is going to cause outrage. People are going to look for someone to blame. One of the most obvious targets would be the parents (personally I believe the zoo should bare all the blame, kids crawl, that's what they do) regardless of race. Is there a small racist minority using this to push an agenda? Sure. Of course. But not everyone who is scrutinizing the parents, asking why the mom wasn't paying attention, reading up on the criminal history of the father (first I heard of this), etc. doing so because of racist biases...