@Pat12 to News • 1 year agoSix officers known as the ‘Goon Squad’ plead guilty to torturing two Black men, using a sex toy on them and shooting one of themmississippitoday.orgexternal-linkmessage-square73arrow-up1791arrow-down18
arrow-up1783arrow-down1external-linkSix officers known as the ‘Goon Squad’ plead guilty to torturing two Black men, using a sex toy on them and shooting one of themmississippitoday.org@Pat12 to News • 1 year agomessage-square73
minus-square@hairinmybellybuttlink18•1 year agoon one hand, I wish I wouldn’t have to read those headlines because it depresses me on the other hands, there’s no point in muting that information, because people should know those things and should be angry I thought “we should read good news”, and then /r/upliftingnews appeared and it was just a rose-colored glasses thing. we actually need to hear bad news to make people react.
minus-squareCethinlinkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year agoI want to hear good news when we actually fix things. I don’t want to ignore bad news or to have news mischaracterized as good.
on one hand, I wish I wouldn’t have to read those headlines because it depresses me
on the other hands, there’s no point in muting that information, because people should know those things and should be angry
I thought “we should read good news”, and then /r/upliftingnews appeared and it was just a rose-colored glasses thing.
we actually need to hear bad news to make people react.
I want to hear good news when we actually fix things. I don’t want to ignore bad news or to have news mischaracterized as good.