opelmanta1900 wrote:How's that been working out for us? We've been trying the "don't read this stuff" approach for a long time now... How do you feel about the results?
Personally, not really confident in the "ignore it and it'll go away" approach - the "it" in that sentence being the ideology of these perpetrators... Ignoring it is no form of deterrent... Publicly destroying it with logic might be...
results have not been great...but if you wanna read the rantings of a madman, feel free...I didn't bother reading your OP...
there's been an effort to try to "profile" pricks like this for decades, studying mass murderers who were imprisoned...no commonalities that could be reliable...besides, how would we treat those who fit the "profile"?
ideology is a broad concept...barring a major discovery in predictive abilities as depicted in Minority Report, I wouldn't give any credence to that approach, and even then, I'd be skeptical...too many people may share some similar beliefs but would never entertain an idea about taking another human life...
maybe an AI algorithm that tracks all extreme websites for people posting about wanting to kill people and then providing specific details about their plans and statements about imminence?
although it does seem like many mass killers are young, male whites who may affiliate with white supremacist groups, are we gonna track them all?
I'd have more confidence to conduct a study in a manner that treats gun violence/mass murder as a major public health threat...that's been shot down by the NRA and most con gun owners who don't want those questions answered...