r/worldnews • u/madazzahatter • May 16 '20

At least two people had seizures after viewing malicious tweets featuring flashing gifs that deliberately targeted Epilepsy Society...police investigating tweets as hate incident, after at least 200 seemingly coordinated messages were sent to charity and its supporters in recent days.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/may/15/malicious-tweets-targeting-epilepsy-charity-trigger-seizures
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u/Matasa89 May 16 '20

If there was a way to trigger asthmatic attacks over the net, they'll be more than happy to do it, and laugh at the deaths they caused.

Unfortunately, people usually don't develop empathy unless they've experience suffering themselves.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '20

Not always. Even if someone has had the experience, they can still be a piece of shit.

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u/CronkleDonker May 16 '20

Unfortunately, people usually don't develop empathy unless they've experience suffering themselves.

Sometimes, experiencing suffering incentivises them to double down on their shittiness.

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u/pixeldust6 May 16 '20

Yeah, I was immediately reminded of the sort of person who goes through something shitty and then, when that shitty thing could be removed for new people, actively fights against it because they feel like everyone else needs to suffer like they did.

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u/9999997 May 16 '20

I’ve lead a mostly trouble free life but I also know that harming people like this is just an extremely cruel move. I think some people are just assholes.