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Anonymous wrote:It’s funny how people who are so adamant that content like this is enjoyable and that it should be made are also so incredibly sensitive about how other people think they are gross and sick for enjoying it. You can’t police how other people see you. Stop whining about it.

They are definitely fragile little creeps, and their insistence that anyone calling attention to the problems with making some of this content is "policing" or "censorship" really tips their hand.

No one is arguing that it should be outlawed. I'm not Governor Youngkin or one of his pearl-clutching devotees. I'm just asking if you've considered the ways that this stuff is dehumanizing for the victims and their families. Clearly you don't want to.

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People enjoying this stuff like it’s some fictional British mystery is repellent. These were real people, real victims.

Shows like this are made ALL THE TIME. Documentaries. Mini series. Movies. Tv Series. You tube clips. Are you seriously suggesting that these things should be banned? Or do you just have a problem with the people who watch them?

DP here and yes, I have a problem with people that watch them because they create an audience for producers who make this stuff. The whole grotesque industry of “true crimes” that involve murders and wretched humans terrorizing and killing other people is twisted. There’s nothing redeeming about this stuff other than some people find it “entertaining”. These are real victims who endured horrific ends and their families coping with the aftermath and having it served up as other peoples’ entertainment.

I’m not interested in banning but sure as heck wish there weren’t people who keep this market going.

I actually find it more repulsive that people watch Lifetime and L&O SVU. Those stories are made for entertainment. I thought this series was more insightful about the victims, society, and law enforcement. It was a docudrama and not just drama. It was also tastefully filmed and we didn’t have to see most of the awful things he did.

When you use terms like “repulsive”, you are implying that you are better than those people who enjoy those types of shows. Just chiming in to let you know you are not. You just enjoy different things.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s funny how people who are so adamant that content like this is enjoyable and that it should be made are also so incredibly sensitive about how other people think they are gross and sick for enjoying it. You can’t police how other people see you. Stop whining about it.

They are definitely fragile little creeps, and their insistence that anyone calling attention to the problems with making some of this content is "policing" or "censorship" really tips their hand.

No one is arguing that it should be outlawed. I'm not Governor Youngkin or one of his pearl-clutching devotees. I'm just asking if you've considered the ways that this stuff is dehumanizing for the victims and their families. Clearly you don't want to.

+1

People enjoying this stuff like it’s some fictional British mystery is repellent. These were real people, real victims.

Shows like this are made ALL THE TIME. Documentaries. Mini series. Movies. Tv Series. You tube clips. Are you seriously suggesting that these things should be banned? Or do you just have a problem with the people who watch them?

DP here and yes, I have a problem with people that watch them because they create an audience for producers who make this stuff. The whole grotesque industry of “true crimes” that involve murders and wretched humans terrorizing and killing other people is twisted. There’s nothing redeeming about this stuff other than some people find it “entertaining”. These are real victims who endured horrific ends and their families coping with the aftermath and having it served up as other peoples’ entertainment.

I’m not interested in banning but sure as heck wish there weren’t people who keep this market going.

I actually find it more repulsive that people watch Lifetime and L&O SVU. Those stories are made for entertainment. I thought this series was more insightful about the victims, society, and law enforcement. It was a docudrama and not just drama. It was also tastefully filmed and we didn’t have to see most of the awful things he did.

When you use terms like “repulsive”, you are implying that you are better than those people who enjoy those types of shows. Just chiming in to let you know you are not. You just enjoy different things.

Ok. Yes, I think it’s sadistic kink. And I think that makes you a little sick to take pleasure it watching fantasy stalking, raping, and murdering. You’re right. We do like different things. And I do think there’s something a little wrong with you.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s funny how people who are so adamant that content like this is enjoyable and that it should be made are also so incredibly sensitive about how other people think they are gross and sick for enjoying it. You can’t police how other people see you. Stop whining about it.

They are definitely fragile little creeps, and their insistence that anyone calling attention to the problems with making some of this content is "policing" or "censorship" really tips their hand.

No one is arguing that it should be outlawed. I'm not Governor Youngkin or one of his pearl-clutching devotees. I'm just asking if you've considered the ways that this stuff is dehumanizing for the victims and their families. Clearly you don't want to.

+1

People enjoying this stuff like it’s some fictional British mystery is repellent. These were real people, real victims.

Shows like this are made ALL THE TIME. Documentaries. Mini series. Movies. Tv Series. You tube clips. Are you seriously suggesting that these things should be banned? Or do you just have a problem with the people who watch them?

DP here and yes, I have a problem with people that watch them because they create an audience for producers who make this stuff. The whole grotesque industry of “true crimes” that involve murders and wretched humans terrorizing and killing other people is twisted. There’s nothing redeeming about this stuff other than some people find it “entertaining”. These are real victims who endured horrific ends and their families coping with the aftermath and having it served up as other peoples’ entertainment.

I’m not interested in banning but sure as heck wish there weren’t people who keep this market going.

I actually find it more repulsive that people watch Lifetime and L&O SVU. Those stories are made for entertainment. I thought this series was more insightful about the victims, society, and law enforcement. It was a docudrama and not just drama. It was also tastefully filmed and we didn’t have to see most of the awful things he did.

When you use terms like “repulsive”, you are implying that you are better than those people who enjoy those types of shows. Just chiming in to let you know you are not. You just enjoy different things.

Ok. Yes, I think it’s sadistic kink. And I think that makes you a little sick to take pleasure it watching fantasy stalking, raping, and murdering. You’re right. We do like different things. And I do think there’s something a little wrong with you.

Ok Tipper, thanks for your crappy opinion. Next thing you’ll tell us is that a game like mortal kombat, in which the entire point is to murder your opponent, will destroy society and is going to harm children.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s funny how people who are so adamant that content like this is enjoyable and that it should be made are also so incredibly sensitive about how other people think they are gross and sick for enjoying it. You can’t police how other people see you. Stop whining about it.

They are definitely fragile little creeps, and their insistence that anyone calling attention to the problems with making some of this content is "policing" or "censorship" really tips their hand.

No one is arguing that it should be outlawed. I'm not Governor Youngkin or one of his pearl-clutching devotees. I'm just asking if you've considered the ways that this stuff is dehumanizing for the victims and their families. Clearly you don't want to.

+1

People enjoying this stuff like it’s some fictional British mystery is repellent. These were real people, real victims.

Shows like this are made ALL THE TIME. Documentaries. Mini series. Movies. Tv Series. You tube clips. Are you seriously suggesting that these things should be banned? Or do you just have a problem with the people who watch them?

DP here and yes, I have a problem with people that watch them because they create an audience for producers who make this stuff. The whole grotesque industry of “true crimes” that involve murders and wretched humans terrorizing and killing other people is twisted. There’s nothing redeeming about this stuff other than some people find it “entertaining”. These are real victims who endured horrific ends and their families coping with the aftermath and having it served up as other peoples’ entertainment.

I’m not interested in banning but sure as heck wish there weren’t people who keep this market going.

I actually find it more repulsive that people watch Lifetime and L&O SVU. Those stories are made for entertainment. I thought this series was more insightful about the victims, society, and law enforcement. It was a docudrama and not just drama. It was also tastefully filmed and we didn’t have to see most of the awful things he did.

When you use terms like “repulsive”, you are implying that you are better than those people who enjoy those types of shows. Just chiming in to let you know you are not. You just enjoy different things.

Ok. Yes, I think it’s sadistic kink. And I think that makes you a little sick to take pleasure it watching fantasy stalking, raping, and murdering. You’re right. We do like different things. And I do think there’s something a little wrong with you.

Ok Tipper, thanks for your crappy opinion. Next thing you’ll tell us is that a game like mortal kombat, in which the entire point is to murder your opponent, will destroy society and is going to harm children.

Well, you get my opinion when you attempt to correct and insult me. I’m not insulted. I think you need to read more.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s funny how people who are so adamant that content like this is enjoyable and that it should be made are also so incredibly sensitive about how other people think they are gross and sick for enjoying it. You can’t police how other people see you. Stop whining about it.

They are definitely fragile little creeps, and their insistence that anyone calling attention to the problems with making some of this content is "policing" or "censorship" really tips their hand.

No one is arguing that it should be outlawed. I'm not Governor Youngkin or one of his pearl-clutching devotees. I'm just asking if you've considered the ways that this stuff is dehumanizing for the victims and their families. Clearly you don't want to.

+1

People enjoying this stuff like it’s some fictional British mystery is repellent. These were real people, real victims.

Shows like this are made ALL THE TIME. Documentaries. Mini series. Movies. Tv Series. You tube clips. Are you seriously suggesting that these things should be banned? Or do you just have a problem with the people who watch them?

DP here and yes, I have a problem with people that watch them because they create an audience for producers who make this stuff. The whole grotesque industry of “true crimes” that involve murders and wretched humans terrorizing and killing other people is twisted. There’s nothing redeeming about this stuff other than some people find it “entertaining”. These are real victims who endured horrific ends and their families coping with the aftermath and having it served up as other peoples’ entertainment.

I’m not interested in banning but sure as heck wish there weren’t people who keep this market going.

I actually find it more repulsive that people watch Lifetime and L&O SVU. Those stories are made for entertainment. I thought this series was more insightful about the victims, society, and law enforcement. It was a docudrama and not just drama. It was also tastefully filmed and we didn’t have to see most of the awful things he did.

When you use terms like “repulsive”, you are implying that you are better than those people who enjoy those types of shows. Just chiming in to let you know you are not. You just enjoy different things.

Ok. Yes, I think it’s sadistic kink. And I think that makes you a little sick to take pleasure it watching fantasy stalking, raping, and murdering. You’re right. We do like different things. And I do think there’s something a little wrong with you.

Law & Order SVU has between 5-4 million viewers each week for 23 seasons. Normal every day people watch it. My granny watches it. Nothing wrong with it at all

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Anonymous wrote:It’s funny how people who are so adamant that content like this is enjoyable and that it should be made are also so incredibly sensitive about how other people think they are gross and sick for enjoying it. You can’t police how other people see you. Stop whining about it.

They are definitely fragile little creeps, and their insistence that anyone calling attention to the problems with making some of this content is "policing" or "censorship" really tips their hand.

No one is arguing that it should be outlawed. I'm not Governor Youngkin or one of his pearl-clutching devotees. I'm just asking if you've considered the ways that this stuff is dehumanizing for the victims and their families. Clearly you don't want to.

+1

People enjoying this stuff like it’s some fictional British mystery is repellent. These were real people, real victims.

Shows like this are made ALL THE TIME. Documentaries. Mini series. Movies. Tv Series. You tube clips. Are you seriously suggesting that these things should be banned? Or do you just have a problem with the people who watch them?

DP here and yes, I have a problem with people that watch them because they create an audience for producers who make this stuff. The whole grotesque industry of “true crimes” that involve murders and wretched humans terrorizing and killing other people is twisted. There’s nothing redeeming about this stuff other than some people find it “entertaining”. These are real victims who endured horrific ends and their families coping with the aftermath and having it served up as other peoples’ entertainment.

I’m not interested in banning but sure as heck wish there weren’t people who keep this market going.

I actually find it more repulsive that people watch Lifetime and L&O SVU. Those stories are made for entertainment. I thought this series was more insightful about the victims, society, and law enforcement. It was a docudrama and not just drama. It was also tastefully filmed and we didn’t have to see most of the awful things he did.

When you use terms like “repulsive”, you are implying that you are better than those people who enjoy those types of shows. Just chiming in to let you know you are not. You just enjoy different things.

Ok. Yes, I think it’s sadistic kink. And I think that makes you a little sick to take pleasure it watching fantasy stalking, raping, and murdering. You’re right. We do like different things. And I do think there’s something a little wrong with you.

Law & Order SVU has between 5-4 million viewers each week for 23 seasons. Normal every day people watch it. My granny watches it. Nothing wrong with it at all

Law and Order is only very loosely based on real stories. Comparing Dahmer and other “investigative” shows that highlight real people and real victims isn’t kink - it’s exploitation. Kink is between consenting adults. These shows highlight victims that are dead, can’t give consent, and are often made despite the real life families begging and pleading for the shows not to run …. Because they don’t want to have their loved one’s horrific demise played out for entertainment.

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Anonymous wrote:What difference is there between this and movies shows about the Holocaust? Or movies like Wolf of Wall Street about a guy who inflicted severe financial harm on many people.? Or being entertained by every war movie ever made showing deaths of soldiers? The fact that this makes your skin crawl means acting is good. Many of us were too young to remember all.of the details and haven't gone out of our way to read up on Dahmer.

What more do you need to know? He was a disgusting serial killer who preyed on victims for as long as he did because the police are racist. He finally met his well-deserved end in prison from a Black man who isn’t getting a fawning Netflix series made about him. You just find the trauma of families who are still alive and who lost family in a horrific way to be entertaining.

White privileged at its highest. How many encounters with the law and he was let off with a warning. Pulled over by the cops for DUI with bags full of body parts and not even an exit from his car. Sexually molest a thirteen-year old boy and the judge is annoyed to listen to the boy’s father in sentencing phase. Dahmer gets a slap in the hand. He screw up job after job and seems to be able to find another without a problem. Disgusting

These are my same thoughts after watching. Racism at its finest. Great acting too!

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Anonymous wrote:It’s funny how people who are so adamant that content like this is enjoyable and that it should be made are also so incredibly sensitive about how other people think they are gross and sick for enjoying it. You can’t police how other people see you. Stop whining about it.

They are definitely fragile little creeps, and their insistence that anyone calling attention to the problems with making some of this content is "policing" or "censorship" really tips their hand.

No one is arguing that it should be outlawed. I'm not Governor Youngkin or one of his pearl-clutching devotees. I'm just asking if you've considered the ways that this stuff is dehumanizing for the victims and their families. Clearly you don't want to.

+1

People enjoying this stuff like it’s some fictional British mystery is repellent. These were real people, real victims.

Shows like this are made ALL THE TIME. Documentaries. Mini series. Movies. Tv Series. You tube clips. Are you seriously suggesting that these things should be banned? Or do you just have a problem with the people who watch them?

DP here and yes, I have a problem with people that watch them because they create an audience for producers who make this stuff. The whole grotesque industry of “true crimes” that involve murders and wretched humans terrorizing and killing other people is twisted. There’s nothing redeeming about this stuff other than some people find it “entertaining”. These are real victims who endured horrific ends and their families coping with the aftermath and having it served up as other peoples’ entertainment.

I’m not interested in banning but sure as heck wish there weren’t people who keep this market going.

I actually find it more repulsive that people watch Lifetime and L&O SVU. Those stories are made for entertainment. I thought this series was more insightful about the victims, society, and law enforcement. It was a docudrama and not just drama. It was also tastefully filmed and we didn’t have to see most of the awful things he did.

When you use terms like “repulsive”, you are implying that you are better than those people who enjoy those types of shows. Just chiming in to let you know you are not. You just enjoy different things.

Ok. Yes, I think it’s sadistic kink. And I think that makes you a little sick to take pleasure it watching fantasy stalking, raping, and murdering. You’re right. We do like different things. And I do think there’s something a little wrong with you.

Law & Order SVU has between 5-4 million viewers each week for 23 seasons. Normal every day people watch it. My granny watches it. Nothing wrong with it at all

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SVU doesn’t show all of the gory details of an attack and has actually taught me a lot about how to protect myself as a woman. It also made me much less trust worthy of strangers who are men but in the end I think it’s a plus!

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Anonymous wrote:It’s funny how people who are so adamant that content like this is enjoyable and that it should be made are also so incredibly sensitive about how other people think they are gross and sick for enjoying it. You can’t police how other people see you. Stop whining about it.

They are definitely fragile little creeps, and their insistence that anyone calling attention to the problems with making some of this content is "policing" or "censorship" really tips their hand.

No one is arguing that it should be outlawed. I'm not Governor Youngkin or one of his pearl-clutching devotees. I'm just asking if you've considered the ways that this stuff is dehumanizing for the victims and their families. Clearly you don't want to.

+1

People enjoying this stuff like it’s some fictional British mystery is repellent. These were real people, real victims.

Shows like this are made ALL THE TIME. Documentaries. Mini series. Movies. Tv Series. You tube clips. Are you seriously suggesting that these things should be banned? Or do you just have a problem with the people who watch them?

DP here and yes, I have a problem with people that watch them because they create an audience for producers who make this stuff. The whole grotesque industry of “true crimes” that involve murders and wretched humans terrorizing and killing other people is twisted. There’s nothing redeeming about this stuff other than some people find it “entertaining”. These are real victims who endured horrific ends and their families coping with the aftermath and having it served up as other peoples’ entertainment.

I’m not interested in banning but sure as heck wish there weren’t people who keep this market going.

I actually find it more repulsive that people watch Lifetime and L&O SVU. Those stories are made for entertainment. I thought this series was more insightful about the victims, society, and law enforcement. It was a docudrama and not just drama. It was also tastefully filmed and we didn’t have to see most of the awful things he did.

When you use terms like “repulsive”, you are implying that you are better than those people who enjoy those types of shows. Just chiming in to let you know you are not. You just enjoy different things.

Ok. Yes, I think it’s sadistic kink. And I think that makes you a little sick to take pleasure it watching fantasy stalking, raping, and murdering. You’re right. We do like different things. And I do think there’s something a little wrong with you.

Law & Order SVU has between 5-4 million viewers each week for 23 seasons. Normal every day people watch it. My granny watches it. Nothing wrong with it at all

McDonalds is popular too. Something can be both popular and trashy. The examples are endless.

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Anonymous wrote:What difference is there between this and movies shows about the Holocaust? Or movies like Wolf of Wall Street about a guy who inflicted severe financial harm on many people.? Or being entertained by every war movie ever made showing deaths of soldiers? The fact that this makes your skin crawl means acting is good. Many of us were too young to remember all.of the details and haven't gone out of our way to read up on Dahmer.

What more do you need to know? He was a disgusting serial killer who preyed on victims for as long as he did because the police are racist. He finally met his well-deserved end in prison from a Black man who isn’t getting a fawning Netflix series made about him. You just find the trauma of families who are still alive and who lost family in a horrific way to be entertaining.

One more thing you should know is that one of the police officers who saw Dahmer chasing down a young victim who had escaped and then returned the boy to Dahmer who later killed and ate him, kept his job and became the head of the Milwaukee Police Union.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Balcerzak

He was actually fired, but an arbitration job overturned his termination and ordered back pay. The officer later became union president and eventually retired in 2017.

This is all portrayed later in the series.

I just finished it and thought it could have been 5-7 very tight episodes. 10 was excessive--the filmmakers were trying too hard to portray every known detail of the story.

The episode filmed partly from the point of view of the Deaf victim was outstanding. As a whole, the series did a lot more to bring the victims into better view than it did for Dahmer personally IMO.

I agree that this series really humanized the victims in a way that most of the horror genre doesn't. You really gain a respect for how the people got tricked and how they tried to use their wits to escape.

It also makes me realize the extent to which Dahmar used people's social discomfort as a tool. This is consistent with the book, The Gift of Fear, that tells you to never neglect a voice that tells you something is wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s funny how people who are so adamant that content like this is enjoyable and that it should be made are also so incredibly sensitive about how other people think they are gross and sick for enjoying it. You can’t police how other people see you. Stop whining about it.

They are definitely fragile little creeps, and their insistence that anyone calling attention to the problems with making some of this content is "policing" or "censorship" really tips their hand.

No one is arguing that it should be outlawed. I'm not Governor Youngkin or one of his pearl-clutching devotees. I'm just asking if you've considered the ways that this stuff is dehumanizing for the victims and their families. Clearly you don't want to.

+1

People enjoying this stuff like it’s some fictional British mystery is repellent. These were real people, real victims.

Shows like this are made ALL THE TIME. Documentaries. Mini series. Movies. Tv Series. You tube clips. Are you seriously suggesting that these things should be banned? Or do you just have a problem with the people who watch them?

DP here and yes, I have a problem with people that watch them because they create an audience for producers who make this stuff. The whole grotesque industry of “true crimes” that involve murders and wretched humans terrorizing and killing other people is twisted. There’s nothing redeeming about this stuff other than some people find it “entertaining”. These are real victims who endured horrific ends and their families coping with the aftermath and having it served up as other peoples’ entertainment.

I’m not interested in banning but sure as heck wish there weren’t people who keep this market going.

I actually find it more repulsive that people watch Lifetime and L&O SVU. Those stories are made for entertainment. I thought this series was more insightful about the victims, society, and law enforcement. It was a docudrama and not just drama. It was also tastefully filmed and we didn’t have to see most of the awful things he did.

When you use terms like “repulsive”, you are implying that you are better than those people who enjoy those types of shows. Just chiming in to let you know you are not. You just enjoy different things.

Ok. Yes, I think it’s sadistic kink. And I think that makes you a little sick to take pleasure it watching fantasy stalking, raping, and murdering. You’re right. We do like different things. And I do think there’s something a little wrong with you.

Law & Order SVU has between 5-4 million viewers each week for 23 seasons. Normal every day people watch it. My granny watches it. Nothing wrong with it at all

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SVU doesn’t show all of the gory details of an attack and has actually taught me a lot about how to protect myself as a woman. It also made me much less trust worthy of strangers who are men but in the end I think it’s a plus!

I'm not a loyal viewer of SVU, but because of that, I get to see how the series and its characters have changed over the years: the early episodes seem to trend more toward creepy perps who are caught by morally pure cops; more-recent episodes get into power dynamics, grooming, etc. and how the cops' own biases affect the way they conduct the investigation.

So as sociology/cultural studies, it's interesting.

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I'm still watching the show, I have 3-4 more episodes to watch.

The show isn't what I thought it was going to be, it's much better.

I remember when he was arrested and all of that, but I honestly didn't know much about him or his victims.

It's interesting all of the "second" chances he was given as he was a young, white male. The legal system (police and judge) was so concerned with him not having a black mark on his record which could potentially hinder him in the future so they went out of their way to give him a second chance at every opportunity. There were so many instances of where if a different decision was made he might have been caught sooner, or there would have been some sort of record of his bad behavior.

I can't even begin to imagine how bad the stench was from his apartment and how it had gone on for so long with the police just ignoring the neighbor complaints.

Even his own family was willfully obtuse.

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Anonymous wrote:What difference is there between this and movies shows about the Holocaust? Or movies like Wolf of Wall Street about a guy who inflicted severe financial harm on many people.? Or being entertained by every war movie ever made showing deaths of soldiers? The fact that this makes your skin crawl means acting is good. Many of us were too young to remember all.of the details and haven't gone out of our way to read up on Dahmer.

What more do you need to know? He was a disgusting serial killer who preyed on victims for as long as he did because the police are racist. He finally met his well-deserved end in prison from a Black man who isn’t getting a fawning Netflix series made about him. You just find the trauma of families who are still alive and who lost family in a horrific way to be entertaining.

White privileged at its highest. How many encounters with the law and he was let off with a warning. Pulled over by the cops for DUI with bags full of body parts and not even an exit from his car. Sexually molest a thirteen-year old boy and the judge is annoyed to listen to the boy’s father in sentencing phase. Dahmer gets a slap in the hand. He screw up job after job and seems to be able to find another without a problem. Disgusting

These are my same thoughts after watching. Racism at its finest. Great acting too!

I hated watching the killing part, but I was really intrigued at how much his white privilege kept him on the street. His next door neighbor was ignored even after hearing screams and buzzing sounds. If the police had listened, they could have saved at least 10 lives.

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Anonymous wrote:First it was on the Post's "What to Watch" list, and now they're saying you shouldn't have:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/09/27/dahmer-monster-netflix-victims/

I didn't think they sensationalized the events. I was just really shocked at how many times he could have been caught and how many people were ignored who tried to stop him. I thought they treated the victims and their families' stories with respect.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s funny how people who are so adamant that content like this is enjoyable and that it should be made are also so incredibly sensitive about how other people think they are gross and sick for enjoying it. You can’t police how other people see you. Stop whining about it.

They are definitely fragile little creeps, and their insistence that anyone calling attention to the problems with making some of this content is "policing" or "censorship" really tips their hand.

No one is arguing that it should be outlawed. I'm not Governor Youngkin or one of his pearl-clutching devotees. I'm just asking if you've considered the ways that this stuff is dehumanizing for the victims and their families. Clearly you don't want to.

+1

People enjoying this stuff like it’s some fictional British mystery is repellent. These were real people, real victims.

Shows like this are made ALL THE TIME. Documentaries. Mini series. Movies. Tv Series. You tube clips. Are you seriously suggesting that these things should be banned? Or do you just have a problem with the people who watch them?

DP here and yes, I have a problem with people that watch them because they create an audience for producers who make this stuff. The whole grotesque industry of “true crimes” that involve murders and wretched humans terrorizing and killing other people is twisted. There’s nothing redeeming about this stuff other than some people find it “entertaining”. These are real victims who endured horrific ends and their families coping with the aftermath and having it served up as other peoples’ entertainment.

I’m not interested in banning but sure as heck wish there weren’t people who keep this market going.

I actually find it more repulsive that people watch Lifetime and L&O SVU. Those stories are made for entertainment. I thought this series was more insightful about the victims, society, and law enforcement. It was a docudrama and not just drama. It was also tastefully filmed and we didn’t have to see most of the awful things he did.

When you use terms like “repulsive”, you are implying that you are better than those people who enjoy those types of shows. Just chiming in to let you know you are not. You just enjoy different things.

Ok. Yes, I think it’s sadistic kink. And I think that makes you a little sick to take pleasure it watching fantasy stalking, raping, and murdering. You’re right. We do like different things. And I do think there’s something a little wrong with you.

Law & Order SVU has between 5-4 million viewers each week for 23 seasons. Normal every day people watch it. My granny watches it. Nothing wrong with it at all

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SVU doesn’t show all of the gory details of an attack and has actually taught me a lot about how to protect myself as a woman. It also made me much less trust worthy of strangers who are men but in the end I think it’s a plus!

I'm not a loyal viewer of SVU, but because of that, I get to see how the series and its characters have changed over the years: the early episodes seem to trend more toward creepy perps who are caught by morally pure cops; more-recent episodes get into power dynamics, grooming, etc. and how the cops' own biases affect the way they conduct the investigation.

So as sociology/cultural studies, it's interesting.

It’s not a sociology/cultural study when it’s fiction.