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Trump wavers on livestreaming Fort Hood shooter's execution after backlashWSJ editorial warns livestream would martyr Hasan
6 Oct 11 4:46 PM · 3d ago · 2 articles · 8 comments · 2 sources · development 6 of 7
The Wall Street Journal's editorial board argued Hegseth's desire for a livestreamed execution would hand Hasan exactly the public spectacle a jihadist wants.
“Pete Hegseth's desire for a livestream execution is exactly the public display the Fort Hood killer wants.”
WSJ Editorial BoardNidal Hasan Convicted Fort Hood shooter
Pete Hegseth US Secretary of War/Defense
Donald Trump US President
JD Vance US Vice President
Thom Tillis US Senator (R-N.C.)
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One of the reasons it was banned, historically, was because it wasn't deterring anyone, AND had become a form of public entertainment. It had been entertainment for a long time. There's plenty of stories about there being problems when there weren't enough public executions, because then people would get pissy about missing out... Because to them…
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The government should and does absolutely censor things like this... what are you talking about? Or what should we have an easily accessible twitch stream for Iraqi prisoner executions as well? If you want to go see state sponsored murder, then you can go look for it, but it does not belong in civilised society at any capacity, especially not as…
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I mean it's probably not going to happen, but I guess good to spend time ensuring something that probably won't happen can't be viewed, except the weird people who want to watch it will just get a vpn for free and watch it any way. "US Vice President JD Vance has cast doubt over whether the execution would actually be live streamed"
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Very true, but by the same token when will conservative groups realise live streaming a execution probably won’t have a positive outcome for the general psyche of a society
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Surely if sexy scenes in video games can result in something being refused classification, a real life execution of another human being should be refused classification?
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it sends a message to everyone that there's a televised execution on if you want to go watch it, i sure wasn't aware of it until now
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Anyone wanting to watch this needs to be monitored by law enforcement. They are basically showing they are into snuff movies.
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Beyond any talk of censorship.. do you endorse the live streaming of an execution?
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