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mynameisnotshamus t1_j652qaj wrote

Ehhh. It was posted without comment. That’s a “hey, look at this” post. OP may have commented later, and they may have had hopes of raising general awareness by posting, but without that context it doesn’t initially appear so. There was no “honest discussion” brought up by OP. If that is your intent, you’d tend to actually say that.

I don’t think there are many people who aren’t aware that there’s a lot of people out there suffering and many who take their own life. Simple awareness doesn’t do anything. If you’ve ever been involved in anything super tragic or known anyone who has, having it appear in the news can make it even more difficult. Edit: adding: I’m in no way saying I’m right here. I’m just stating my opinion. I appreciate the discussion.

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R_revolutionary t1_j655xw3 wrote

That is a good point. Actions always need to be thought out and account for collateral damage, OP couldve relayed a stronger, more sympathetic message. I think the census is split between how victim families respond to this kind of attention. On the one hand, I’ve known families that just want to keep the name and memory alive and posts like this are okay. On the other hand, many people do get re-triggered seeing things on social media. Hopefully I’m not overstepping and I mean no harm, but no one can absolutely avoid a topic. If you know something will not be good for you to see, it’s usually on the consumer to avoid it. I appreciate the conversation, and your opinion. Ultimately I believe things like this should be posted in a public forum because: friends and family may not have otherwise known without mutual connections seeing/sharing, certain trends can be tracked, and the public is less likely to deny an issue exists when they’re confronted with the reality of it more frequently

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mynameisnotshamus t1_j656nk3 wrote

Some good points. Im not pro being the person to start the gossip chain. If it’s brought up, I’ll discuss it to a point though.

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