someone shared a video of a palestinian child being shot dead

happinessisnotalwaysfun:

Your regular reminder that reblogging visceral images of dead or dying human beings, as a form of activism, is the quickest way to make me drop a blog. I see the point you’re trying to make, and replace it with “I already knew murder was bad and have a strong personal preference for not seeing unwarned-for images of torture in my personal space, thank you very much.”

Guys, don’t do this.

(Bonus politics: have you ever seen a photo of a dead white person? No, me neither. Photos of dead non-white people are frequently taken and published, always under the laudible aim of conveying important news. But over time, it does make one wonder why, say, images of wars in far away places and unjust murders and natural disasters are best illustrated by a photo of a dead, non-white child – but something like the Manchester bombings is not.

On a case by case basis, there is always a good reason to take and show these photos – but when you take a step back and look at the culture as a whole, turns out some bodies are seen as more worthy of respect and dignity and privacy even in death, and others ok for public display)