I contribute to a small political discussion online forum, and every now and then I write something there that's modestly thought out, so I decided I'd post a few of those here, even though I've mostly stayed away from political postings here.
This has to do with the NRA's sudden discovery that there's violence in the media, and the conservatives' newfound meme that hey, why don't liberals care about media violence the way that we do?
iolence in the media has always been a liberal issue. What's weird now
is that conservatives are taking it up, and they don't understand
anything they're saying.
Exposure to violent movies, video games, etc., is (according to some theories) a bad thing because:
(a) it may provoke people into putting on hockey masks and slashing up teenagers. (not likely)
(b)
it may provoke people (mostly very young people) into thinking that
committing violent acts is a good idea, in which case they'll most
likely turn to guns.
(c) it may make people (especially young,
every easily influenced, not terribly mentally stable people) into
thinking that the world is a very dangerous place, and they'd better get
an AK-47 to protect themselves, their homes, and possibly even their
neighborhoods (e.g., Trayvon Martin case).
Have I left out anything?
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