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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where is the video link?  I have to see it.[/quote]

I posted the link yesterday and my post was deleted.  When I asked for an explanation Jeff never responded.  So go to YouTube and type in Childish Gambino this is America.  There are two shootings in the video so be ware.  The video is very good. [/quote]

NP here, I really admire the artist (mostly familiar with his acting and writing) and am glad this is getting attention, but viewers be aware the video has disturbing violence. I couldn't watch much past that first shooting and have only read about the rest. [/quote]

Well as a survivor of a school shooting who saw someone get their head blow off with an M-1 semi automatic weapon, unfortuntely it seems people have no idea what a shooting looks like.  This video is somewhat accurate.  The real thing is much worse. More blood, more parts flying around,  it does happens that fast.  Notice he carefully hands the gun to someone who puts it on a red cloth to take away.  Because guns are precious and more important than people.  The second shooting is a reference to. Charleston.  Wake up.  Maybe if more people looked people would actually finally Take serious action that gets results. [/quote]

I have nightmares about gun violence all the time, I don't need you to come on here and lecture about how graphic the video could have been. For my own mental health, I choose not to view violence (or read descriptions, like yours) when I can avoid it. It's unavoidable more than it should be but that doesn't mean you're right to force it on people here. I appreciated the Twitter link posted above because it allowed me to "view" the video in a way I could handle.

It's important to recognize that many people can't opt out of seeing or experiencing violence - doing so is a luxury and a privilege in this country, though that shouldn't be so. But everybody can opt out of viewing media representations of violence and should have the chance to. That includes your description of violence youve witnessed, which you appear to have posted for the shock value in an audience you perceive to be sheltered.  [/quote]

NP. 
Who are you to censor someone who’s lived through gun violence?[/quote]

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