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It use to be video games and movies taking the blame. Now it's websites. When are we going to decide that people are just bat shit crazy and guns need some form of regulation?
Why are video games immune to neuroplasticity? Or any form of entertainment really.
Anecdotally I play a genocidal maniac in every game I can. I love playing total war and killing every single thing I come across, razing pillaging their villages and enslaving the survivors. I've done it since I was a young child playing RTS games like age of empires. Adding up all my video game kills would probably be literally in the billions. Can you guess how many people I've killed in real life?
Why is every commenter defending it so aggressive then?
I imagine it feels that way when tons of people disagree with you. But that's also part of posting in public discourse, if people don't like what you're saying they will surely let you know.
I agree generally- but I also personally know people who were in some ways inspired to violence by media.
No, I mean fictional media, specifically movies and tv shows.
I'm not talking about far right, just glorified violence to them