fubarobfusco comments on Offense versus harm minimization - Less Wrong

60 Post author: Yvain 16 April 2011 01:06AM

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Comment author: fubarobfusco 17 April 2011 09:22:47PM *  -1 points [-]

It can be to portray him as a violent thug who flips out over nothing

I believe this is called the "Rage Boy" meme. But the actual person who is depicted in the "Rage Boy" meme is apparently a torture victim and demonstration organizer, not a killer.