Republicans actually strategically want massacres to happen, in order to achieve other policy goals

[Wounded Bear]

16. Not to blame entertainment media or anything, but...

The proliferation of movies based on comic book characters kind of normalizes violent solutions coupled with vigilante "justice" outcomes by super heroes seems problematic to me. This feeds the "good guy with a gun" myth and mindset the leads to people collecting Burt Gummer style arsenals in their basements/garages. It's a normal human trait to think we are all the hero in our own narrative, but to project that out onto the public sphere leads to problems. Accepting the kind of pop-psychology that operates in such venues leads to a childish/adolescent point of view that shouldn't govern our public leadership.

We need to do a deep dive on our public and personal priorities. We're seeing a huge normalization of violence and vigilantism in our entertainment industry. Certainly, the erosion of our education system by RW policies complicates things.