What happened was a terrible tragedy and my heart aches for those involved. That said, I’d prefer if there wasn’t much content of this type on the Forum. 8 people died in that horrific shooting. If there was a Forum post about every event that killed 8 people, or even just every time 8 people were killed from acts of violence, that might (unfortunately, because there are ways in which the world is a terrible place) dominate the Forum, and make it harder to find and spend time on content relevant to our collective task of finding the levers that will help us help as many people as possible.
I agree that we should attend especially to members of our community who are in a particularly difficult place at a given time, and extend them support and compassion, but felt uneasy about it in this case because of the above, because of Dale’s point that the shooting might not have been racially motivated, because Asian EAs I know don’t seem bothered, and I think we should have a high bar for asking everyone in the community to attend to something/asserting that they should (thought, I’m not sure whether you were doing that/intending to do that).
What happened was a terrible tragedy and my heart aches for those involved. That said, I’d prefer if there wasn’t much content of this type on the Forum. 8 people died in that horrific shooting. If there was a Forum post about every event that killed 8 people, or even just every time 8 people were killed from acts of violence, that might (unfortunately, because there are ways in which the world is a terrible place) dominate the Forum, and make it harder to find and spend time on content relevant to our collective task of finding the levers that will help us help as many people as possible.
I agree that we should attend especially to members of our community who are in a particularly difficult place at a given time, and extend them support and compassion, but felt uneasy about it in this case because of the above, because of Dale’s point that the shooting might not have been racially motivated, because Asian EAs I know don’t seem bothered, and I think we should have a high bar for asking everyone in the community to attend to something/asserting that they should (thought, I’m not sure whether you were doing that/intending to do that).