It's only my opinion, but there really seems to be a lot faux outrage going on here. Some of the responses remind me of the apocryphal tale of (the late telly & radio censor) Mary Whitehouse who used to watch x-rated material through half-closed fingers and then complain loudly about it.
There's an awful lot of stuff I read online that makes me cross or bothers me, or I disagree with or find offensive. I can't speak for anyone else, but I was taught to either rebut an argument or opinion with which I disagreed, or, if I was that bothered by it, to simply not engage with it and go somewhere else where the opinions of others mirrored my own. The thought of having a thread "shut down" simply because someone says something that upsets or repels me just seems to be a very controlling and peculiar thing to want to do.
The most sinister and manipulative element that keeps cropping up is that if people's opinions stray even very slightly off the tightly ordained agenda, those straying are accused of being "disrespectful" or lacking in compassion. For what it's worth, some people are able to hold more than one concept in their minds at once. For example, it's possible to have deep and authentic empathy with this little boy's fight, whilst finding things to praise and criticise in the people and the tempest that has swirled around him.