As shooting rates among the young remain stratospheric, evidence suggests social media is serving as an accelerant to violence. Taunts that once could be forgotten now live on before large audiences, prompting people to take action.
People should really read the article. It feels like I’m reading broken records in these discussions because people take a headline, refuse to read what the article has to say, and then say “but what about x?” When the article has a section literally dedicated to say, how social media can contribute to rising violence in the presence of easy gun access. Like that’s literally a component of the thesis here.
People should really read the article. It feels like I’m reading broken records in these discussions because people take a headline, refuse to read what the article has to say, and then say “but what about x?” When the article has a section literally dedicated to say, how social media can contribute to rising violence in the presence of easy gun access. Like that’s literally a component of the thesis here.
This, the very first sentence of the article describes social media as an accelerant rather than a root cause too