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0 pointsgerbilly7y ago0 comments

Very few people want to see real videos of animals being tortured.

In fact it's their very realness that makes them especially horrifying.

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Of course no one wants to see horrifying things. But current events force us to admit that Facebook is a platform for vast quantities of political speech. And if we're going to entertain political speech, we should be grown-ups and face reality; if we don't allow the horror to inform our discussions, if we turn away, then the horror will only grow.

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