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Warning: This Video Contains Suffering Traumatized Humans
Why Warnings are Really Placed on Palestinian and Black Violence Videos
“Warning: This video contains images of conflict and violence that some viewers may find distressing.”
It just occurred to me, after watching probably a couple hundred clips of black Americans being beaten by cops and now a bunch of Palestinians being shot and bombed, what the warning label is, or at least might be. I don’t think it’s wrong to guess even if I can’t come up with a good answer. There’s always several solid multiple interpretations and unspoken reasons.
It’s a sign that some horrible things will happen to these humans, so please don’t watch this shocking video of humans on the wrong side of history being brutalized. It’s not for kids, and adults should brace themselves. And it seems to be mostly put on clips of black Americans getting injured by American police ‘over-policing,’ or suffering “brown” people in a war, like the Palestinians in Gaza right now.
Some might want to say while watching, “I can’t take this anymore, please turn it off.”
But imagine you’re a black American or a Palestinian in the Gaza concentration camp right now. There is no warning label for you. In Gaza, the children don’t have an option to not experience the horror and bombings, the…
