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Man who posted deliberately offensive thing on social media can’t understand why people are offended (newsthump.com)

submitted 4 months ago by DxK@lemmy.world to c/theonion@midwest.social

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[–] MsPenguinette@lemmy.world 104 points 4 months ago (11 children)

“Just don’t look at it if you don’t like it,” shrugged Simon...

One of Simon’s friends, Jay Cooper, said, “I saw the thing before I knew not to look. If I’d known it was there, I wouldn’t have looked. But then I’d have still known he’d done it, which is the real issue here, if you follow me.

I really like this. Suprisingly salient

[–] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 39 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It really is. It's the same victim blaming logic you get with cyber-bullying. Simply not looking at it doesn't change the fact that it is there in the first place.

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