I did see the “Please Just Fucking Die” already piece as it was referenced in the media here in the UK after a pro-Trump and anti-everyone-who-has-ever-stood-up-to-the-cheeto-in-chief Republican tweeted about it and took the backlash from that.
That’s the sort of person such writing enables. There’s a fine line between emotive writing using such dark terminology as “oh just die” to gain attention or for dramatic/poetic effect in order to convey an important message and the hateful words of that article.
If Medium were to simply allow it because of the attention it garnered for this website, then I have to wonder what sort of people they are hoping to attract? More of the “contribute nothing but negative response” brigade? We’ve enough of those.
