By Selwyn Duke
Actor Matthew McConaughey has become a powerful voice for gun control in the wake of the horrid school shooting in his birth city of Uvalde, Texas. In response, some conservatives have essentially accused him of hypocrisy because, as the argument goes, he glorifies firearm violence in movies. In response to this, some commentators have scoffed, with one calling the criticism “irrational.”
Yet now none other than liberal actor, comedian, and commentator Bill Maher has struck this allegedly irrational note. While not naming or focusing on McConaughey, the Real Time host lambasted Hollywood for the woke hypocrisy of getting “on the politically correct side of every issue” — except “gun violence.” What’s more, there is good but mostly ignored research indicating that, yes, violence in fantasy does help breed it in reality.
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Excellent article, Selwyn. I always get laughed at when I suggest that violent video games have something to do with the epidemic of mass shooting. In actuality, it seems that earlier forms of media have been adversely affecting society for so long we no longer even consider its potential for harm.
Posted by: tj | June 11, 2022 at 03:08 PM