That's what I'm getting at, children today see all manner of violence on TV compared to 50 years ago. Even if watching a non-violent show, a commercial for a violent-crime movie or ghoulish horror movie can pop up. Violence and gunfire is often played for laughs, and fatal shootings are routinely used as a punch-line or "applause sign."
Of course that's on top of all the other bad behaviors delivered through Hollywood "programming," with poorly-parented people indoctrinated to imitate the fashions/hairstyles/vocabulary/substance habits of celebrities- and right along with it, an unsavory menu of bad behaviors including unsafe aggressive misuse of firearms and other weapons, official and improvised.
Add to that programming the rudeness and narcississm brought on by social-media obsession + the rampant recreational use of Xanax and similar meds combined with alcohol, and that's how you get legions of people who have little grip on reality and dubious memory, easily triggered into MegaKaren screeching and/or violence. Throw millions of guns into the mix, in the hands of felons and semi-literate future felons who shouldn't be trusted with a fork, and you get daily disasters.
>Disclaimer: I am a strong 2nd Amendment supporter. The point of the previous rant is the problem of irresponsible handling/use of firearms due to bad examples seen in TV and movies from an early age, combined with substance abuse and general disrespect for law & order and the rights and feelings of others.
That's what I'm getting at, children today see all manner of violence on TV compared to 50 years ago. Even if watching a non-violent show, a commercial for a violent-crime movie or ghoulish horror movie can pop up. Violence and gunfire is often played for laughs, and fatal shootings are routinely used as a punch-line or "applause sign."
Of course that's on top of all the other bad behaviors delivered through Hollywood "programming," with poorly-parented people indoctrinated to imitate the fashions/hairstyles/vocabulary/substance habits of celebrities- and right along with it, an unsavory menu of bad behaviors including unsafe aggressive misuse of firearms and other weapons, official and improvised.
Add to that programming the rudeness and narcississm brought on by social-media obsession + the rampant recreational use of Xanax and similar meds combined with alcohol, and that's how you get legions of people who have little grip on reality and dubious memory, easily triggered into MegaKaren screeching and/or violence. Throw millions of guns into the mix, in the hands of felons and semi-literate future felons who shouldn't be trusted with a fork, and you get daily disasters.
>Disclaimer: I am a strong 2nd Amendment supporter. The point of the previous rant is the problem of irresponsible handling/use of firearms due to bad examples seen in TV and movies from an early age, combined with substance abuse and general disrespect for law & order and the rights and feelings of others.