No Charges Prison For Guards Who Allegedly Boiled Schizophrenic Black Man to Death

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(03-20-2017, 01:22 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: If true it is shocking, the story itself being shocking is not what I mean by click bait.  Matt described it well.  By including "Black man" in the title they're click baiting.  As has been admitted by everyone in this thread, racial issues (what many would call race relations and I hate that term) are huge right now and have been since Trayvon Martin.  By enticing readers with the ethnicity of the deceased, especially in an article that does not assert that the actions described within were motivated by race, they hope to draw in more readers.  I'm sure it works because if it didn't they wouldn't do it.

Ok, call it click-bait then. I understand where you're coming from. I mostly just took issue with the thread being derailed based on one word.

(03-20-2017, 01:23 AM)bfine32 Wrote: I get that you are too far in now to turn back, but calling the article linked in the OP click bait is exactly what it is. Prerogative has nothing to do with it. They cater to a certain audience. you've just joined the OP into being part of that population. The OP knows exactly what he was trying to do; unfortunately, you were willing ro try and give it validly 

You're the one who tried to take the validity from the article alone just based on the title. You literally have not commented upon it's contents in 8 posts now. Instead of derailing threads, how about you contribute to them? It's that type behavior which makes P&R unpleasant to participate in.

Edit: And I would even go so far as to say that you derail threads in which you have nothing of value to add, on purpose. It's a noticed trend.