The same way that watching porn will not transform you into a rapist or watching Top Chef will not make you open a restaurant, watching videos of killings will not make regular people become the next super murderer. We have shown many graphic videos because I have always felt 99% of people do not understand how quick and how violent true criminals can be. The concept of violence by most people is the tailored and choregraphed pablum we see on TV where the 125-pound rookie female cop tackles a 250-pound Roid Raging male single-handedly and in 10 seconds flat.
Paraphrasing John Ross: It is not the reason but the excuse. We have grown accustomed to desiring the quick/easy/understandable answer expressed with authority because we seek going back to our normal lives ASAP and we need to be reassured we can. But by now we should know better and prepare accordingly or we will fail miserably and possibly deadly when the time comes.
Yea, they are confusing “cause and effect” here.
The videos are not the cause, they are the effect.
Oh hey, look at that, it’s the ‘video games cause violence’ meme with a fresh coat of paint.
But… wait…
The anti-gun crowd always said that violent video games don’t push people to commit mass shootings? Now, videos of real violence is pushing people to commit murder?
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I would be confused if it were not for the underlying reason for the gun grabbers to say anything. Get rid of guns. Getting rid of violent video games does not move them closer to the goal, so they claim the violence is harmless. Allowing real world videos of violent encounters will give more people reason to carry, which means more guns. Therefore, these videos ARE what is causing the mass shootings.
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See. Keep your eyes on the goal, and it all makes sense.
The reason they don’t go after violent video games is that those are created by their fellow travelers. No biting the hands that feed them.