I don't like the gruesome ISIS pictures on Huffington Post. Anyone else agree?

[Akamai]

The current picture on Huffington Post has a group of kids holding guns behind people they are going to shoot. (I didn't read the article.)

Such pictures certainly help the cause of terrorism in general and ISIS in particular. Also, such pictures certainly help motivate us for greater involvement in the Middle East and elsewhere in the world.

Why the heck does Huffington Post carry out the wishes of ISIS, etc.? This is certainly "terrorism porn."

[Buzz Clik]

1. but it sells and sells and sells.

Good luck getting them to quit.

[SticksnStones]

2. I stop reading HuffPost a few months back

I figure anything well written, worth exploring will be referenced here or over at TPM. Mostly it's a big old click-bait-a-thon over there.

The writing's not particularly good (do they even use editors?). The comment sections devolve quickly.

Deleting the app gave me a few hours back in my week and I'm that much less aggravated daily. I recommended it highly.

[Akamai]

7. good idea! Maybe I'll send a buck to Hillary every time I'm on HuffPo...

[MFM008]

3. Daily mail

As well.

[GeorgeGist]

4. Click bait. I think that's why.

[HerrKarlMarx]

5. Sensationalism sells

Pictures of puppies and kittens won't receive anywhere that amount of attention

[melman]

6. No I don't agree

This stuff is happening and it does no good to pretend it's not.

[Go Vols]

8. +1

I prefer the whole story now matter how bad it is.

[FLPanhandle]

16. +1

The truth isn't always pretty or comfortable.

People need to see how vile Islamic terrorist organizations are.

[bigwillq]

9. I don't agree

I also never visit Huff Post if I don't have to, but I am fine with gruesome photos. Truth is truth.

[JI7]

10. so pretend it isn't happening ?

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. It's an arguable point.

If you say "don't give ISIS publicity", that might mean fewer fanatics end up going to join them (though in the age of the internet, the group they're trying to recruit from are more likely to see such photos in places other than Huffington Post or other mass media outlets). But it also might mean people saying "I don't know much about ISIS, they're someone else's problem". Which would mean they'd last longer, and murder more people. Given the readership of Huffington Post, I'd say getting them to remember what ISIS does is more important than the chance that a Huffington Post reader would consider joining ISIS.

You seem to be saying that "greater involvement in the Middle East and elsewhere in the world" by the USA is a bad thing. Are you an isolationist?

[FrodosPet]

12. The truth of war must be hidden from delicate eyes

People should only have to relate to the horrors of war in the most ethereal way. Having a clear picture of the stupidity and brutality of combat and violent terrorism might cause people to turn against widespread militarism.

We simply cannot have that! Sanitize war coverage NOW!!!

[Unit 001]

13. Great post.

Samuel Clemens would approve.

[IVoteDFL]

14. The old saying a picture is worth a thousand words applies

For the most part we are safe over here, going on about our day to day lives without thinking about the rest of the world. No good comes from acting like things like this aren't happening. I hope a lot of people look at images like this and start to think about shit more often.

[Iggo]

15. Just say No to Death Porn.

[Lee-Lee]

17. Sorry reality of what they are bothers you

Maybe you can lock yourself down in a safe space and pretend evil doesn't really exist and hope a bunch of other people sanitize your world view and take care of those problems so you can keep pretending it doesn't exist.

[Akamai]

18. Showing pictures of kids shooting adults creates heat but is not particularly informative, I believe

In court, certain types of evidence is declared as too inflammatory to be admitted, and it sure seems to me that pictures of kids killing adults is similarly too inflammatory to lead to wise thinking.

We might say, for instance, that this is so wide-spread that we have to start targeting kids now, that we should nuke towns in which these atrocities occur -- or maybe remove hospitals and schools peremptorily from those areas, etc.

If one is a 10 year old or younger, one is not judged to have control over his/her actions, and that's the case with pictures of kids forced into killing adults. However, pictures of kids killing adults will bring great hatred of these helpless kids.

[GOLGO 13]

19. Ban all eyeballs! Special snowflakes are getting upset over reality.