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by coldtea 2512 days ago
And not seeing the manifesto will stop them, right?

Sounds like a genius plan.

Don't ban easy access to guns, don't change a crazy individualistic/every man for themselves/violence loving culture.

Just hide the manifestos, that should work.

(Cue the "one doesn't prevent us doing the other" answers).
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LargeWu 2512 days ago
It's not just the manifesto. Places like 8chan are positive feedback generators for this kind of extremism. Every time one of these events happen it fuels the sort of unofficial contest to see who can be the next one, to be the next hero/martyr of the community. Easy access to guns is certainly a problem, but easy access to these radicalization factories is also a significant component that needs to be addressed.
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r3bl 2512 days ago
Where did I claim it's the only thing needed to stop a person like that?

You gotta start somewhere. This is a nice and easy way to do that's completely within the reach of the tech community. There are no laws requiring that, just a sign of a good will.

If it were up to me, Cloudflare would block at least 30 other websites, starting with Gab. Unfortunately, it takes a shooting or two for them to realize that they have a problem with a client of theirs.

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coldtea 2511 days ago
>Where did I claim it's the only thing needed to stop a person like that?

Nowhere, but I already covered that.

I wrote "(Cue the "[doing this] doesn't prevent us doing the other" answers)".

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