There’s a new trend on TikTok and it involves young people pretending to be victims of the Holocaust, the Columbine school shootings, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and other horrific acts of violence. And they’re doing it all in the name of views, er, “raising awareness.”
The sickening trend involves creators making themselves up to look bloodied, beaten, and burned and then pretending to be angels in Heaven as they explain how they died in Nazi-run death camps, the Twin Towers, or by being shot at school.
this is kyla.atkin pic.twitter.com/RGIoCvN4iB
— Patricia️✡️ (@Mowgli_Lincoln) August 18, 2020
if you thought holocaust tiktok was bad you might also hate 9/11 tiktok pic.twitter.com/Z9LKJVFxva
— (@gazpachomachine) August 20, 2020
we’ve seen Holocaust POV tiktok, and we’ve seen 9/11 POV TikTok, so the natural third edition of this TikTok Catastrophe Cringe Trilogy is… Columbine POV TikTok pic.twitter.com/cRcuxfMPHm
— (@gazpachomachine) August 28, 2020
the outfit choice was not over looked either @tiktokcreators pic.twitter.com/jHz5Bz2hlj
— Patricia️✡️ (@Mowgli_Lincoln) August 18, 2020
One 17-year-old TikTok star tells Business Insider she made a victim video because “I’ve always been interested in the history of the Holocaust and just wanted to make a creative video informing people about it.”
The Auschwitz Memorial put out a statement last week criticizing the trend, specifically people who pretending to be victims of the Holocaust, calling it “hurtful and offensive.”
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“The ‘victims’ trend on TikTok can be hurtful & offensive. Some videos are dangerously close or already beyond the border of trivialization of history,” the organization said.”But we should discuss this not to shame & attack young people whose motivation seem very diverse. It’s an educational challenge.”
Meanwhile, TikTok has chosen not to comment on the trend other than to say the videos do not violate its guidelines because they “aim to raise awareness.”
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Jon in Canada
Disgusting, self-important, narcissistic failed abortions.
Yes, that is what they are, so don’t even whine about it.
Joshua333
So we choose to ignore the ones where people make jokes about these topics instead. Interesting.
pride777
That passive-aggressive whataboutism looks sooo cute on you. Kisskiss
amanwithanedge
this lost generation has nothing to do. TRY VOLUNTEER WORK.
Joshooeerr
These dimwits claim to be so interested in the history, yet they have nothing to say about it. There is no comment, no perspective, no insight; just a few seconds of self-indulgent tragedy-porn. If they are really so interested in the history the time would be better spent reading a book about it, so they could see just how disgraceful they are.
barryaksarben
you are 100% right.