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#RDR2

The makers of hit video game Red Dead Redemption 2 are under fire after a video appeared online in which a player’s character beats a suffragette to death. The video has gathered more than 1.5 million views and lots of supportive comments.

@Damncoffee said: “This is ridiculous. You can’t blame a game for that. That’s on the gamer.”

@WEP_UK said: “Do we really need to explain why this is wrong?”

@opinion8ed_d said: “It’s an 18 Rated game. NOT for kids. Games offer ethical & moral CHOICES. How SOME misuse or glorify content says more about them.”

@Pspepper said: “I’ve only run into her once, but as far as I know you don’t have to kill her, there’s no reason, it’s just the player’s choice.”

@Fighterskeet said: “Hey, you know what, you can also kill HUNDREDS of men for absolutely no reason.”

@Thomasowns1 said: “I want Rockstar to make her invincible and then if you attack her you get killed by a mob of angry women. That would be awesome.”

@afeministcall said: “A disgusting but unsurprising feature of the newest Red Dead Redemption computer game. Mainstream media has a lot to answer for when it comes to normalising violence against women and perpetuating anti-feminist discourse.”

#MICHELIN

Bosses at tyre maker Michelin have given Scottish Economy Secretary Derek Mackay until the end of the month to come up with a plan that could save the closure-threatened Dundee site, which employs 845 workers.

@soosider3 said: “Interesting that everyone turns instantly to the @scotgov to do something about it. Hardly a mention of UK Govt let alone SOS, yet they are the ones that have most of the power and resources to act.”

@blimey_riley said: “Haven’t the SNP [given] around £6m of taxpayers money to Michelin for them to stay in Dundee? You’d think before handing over our money some guarantees would have been established first.”

@Tam__jardine said: “Desperately sad news for Dundee – hope something can be done to stop the closure.”

@Alanscott said: “Brexit caused this and lack of clarity over the customs union. Pretty simple. The EU didn’t tell Michelin to leave Dundee.”