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    So I'm currently in a heated debate in a Whatsapp Group with a load of old mates. This morning, one of them sent a video of the aftermath on Westminster bridge with no warning before hand. People laying around in agony, someone under a bus, absolute carnage in graphic detail.

    I responded angrily that nobody needed to see that and that videos like that add nothing to the debate. All that was visible was the suffering and trauma of the victims in incredibly upsetting scenes. It's insensitive to the victims and it's insensitive to post without a warning. We learnt nothing about the motive of the attacker or who he was or anything.

    I have since been told that in order to get the whole truth we need to see everything for ourselves and ignore mainstream media 'spoon feeding' us. And that I'm being 'precious' and advocating censorship. You need to 'dispute everything until you see evidence'.

    One of the guys said that he learned from the video that it wasn't 20 people injured on the bridge and that it was in fact 'More like 7'.

    Listen, I get it, nowadays you can't rely on just one source, in order to get a balanced view, you have to look around and take in multiple sources. But to pretend that this was an informative video, that it shed light on the bigger picture I think is just plain wrong. I read across multiple sources that x number of people were run over, I don't need to see a crushed skull, lifeless body and traumatised onlookers to believe it.

    'Truth has no filter' – My friend after posting a video without warning of a woman under a bus.

    TLDR – Some of my old friends are fucking morons.

    •End of rant•

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    • tell him that, as much as you try to filter it, the truth is he's a twatFax_Benson
    • Haha that's spot on. I might say that, drop the mic, change the group title to 'Gore Porn is Kool' and leave.TOMMYxGUNN
    • It's a cheap rhetorical trick to get someone emotionally invested. It's like saying "what if it was one of your kids or family."IRNlun6
    • hang on, is someone who made a 'More like 7' decision based on one video telling you that you need to check more sources?lowimpakt
    • Send your friend this famous ad for the Guardian. I agree with you. Footage (no matter how graphic) is not necessarily 'the truth', perspective & context matterBaskerviIle
    • https://www.youtube.…BaskerviIle
    • Great advert. They don't make em like they used to.TOMMYxGUNN
    • Exactly Lowimpact, that's the level of intelligence I am dealing with here. He's recently become a conspiracy nut...TOMMYxGUNN
    • ... and posts some of the most offensive bullshit on Facebook. I try my best to ignore it but he overstepped the mark in the Whatsapp Group.TOMMYxGUNN
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