Nov 16, 2023
By now, you know all about how the Washington Post has published images from crime scenes. Like Cam wrote earlier today, we won't be linking anything here. If you just need to see these images for some reason, you can find them. We're not going to help them get their clicks. The goal of this, of course, is to try and pressure more and more Americans to act, to support things like assault weapon bans. Historically, photographs have helped advance causes when Americans knew little of what was going on. A prime example, one cited by the Post, is the image of Emmett Till. It rammed home what was going on here in the Deep South and ultimately led to the dismantling of segregation. The idea is that by showing these horrific photographs, even if you can't identify the bodies, people will suddenly be motivated to support laws they previously opposed. Rather quixotic, if you ask me. See, a lot of people didn't realize the stories they heard about the Deep South were true, that l