Zombies to blame for mass shootings, says Kentucky governor

[True Dough]

YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS SHIT UP! Well, Matt Bevin is, but the "fake news" isn't. What excuse will the gun advocates come up with next? How about some more restrictions on gun ownership, huh???

Gun regulation isn't the solution to mass shootings in the U.S., Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin said Tuesday, and America's culture of death, illustrated by Americans' obsession with zombie television shows, is more to blame.

In a radio interview with conservative talk show host Leland Conway, the Kentucky Republican said new laws aren't the solution to violence, but addressing a "culture of death" in media is the start.

“It starts with everything from the type of entertainment that we focus on,” Bevin said. “What’s the most popular topic that seems to be in every cable television network. Television shows are all about, what? Zombies! I don’t get it ... that’s what we are.”

Bevin went on to say Kentuckians are staunch defenders of the Constitution and that liberal attempts to enact gun control won't be successful. He added that violent shows are morphing the minds of young, impressionable children.

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/13/kentucky-governor-matt-bevin-says-zombie-shows-lead-mass-shootings/1988733002/

[GemDigger]

1. Stupid is as stupid does or stupid people elect stupid people.

I am beyond calling them naïve or gullible.

[struggle4progress]

2. "Here in Kentucky we will take a bold stand against zombie TV!"

[Coventina]

3. This argument makes no sense.

But then, why do I expect a crazy person to make sense?

[ck4829]

4. Zombies are the fictional 'other'. We have a government that goes after REAL 'others'

Maybe you should start with the dehumanization and demonization that comes from the top... "crisis actors", conspiracy theories, people aren't real, etc.

#2 - Everything is a war on something. War on Christmas. War on Drugs. War on Terror. You need to do more to oppose this universal militarization in our culture.

[qazplm135]

5. out of the thousands of shows on TV (literally)

I'm tracking four shows with zombies in them:

Walking Dead
Fear the Walking Dead
iZombie
Game of Thrones (if you want to call the white walkers zombies)

What am I missing?

[packman]

12. Fox News

[Takket]

17. DUZY!!!

The 24 hour zombie network!!!

[Different Drummer]

21. The Kim Davis Show? n/t

[Revanchist]

22. Z Nation it's on the SyFy channel and Netflix. It's sort of the poor man's Walking Dead

https://m.

[lamsmy]

6. So....

Fictional tv shows shape young minds but real life violence in their communities doesn't affect them whatsoever.

Riiiiiight.

[greyl]

7. Because the rest of the world doesn't have TV, Internet, or video games...

Maybe zombie Jesus can send Bevin a clue.

[gratuitous]

9. Well, when you rule out gun regulation (and kudos to the Courier Journal for using that term)

When you rule out gun regulation right off the bat, you have to grope for some other explanation. Hey, zombies! Let's blame that.

I'm in favor of using the term "regulation" instead of "control," for two reasons: Saying "gun control" reflexively freaks out a certain segment of the population; and "regulation" tracks with the actual language of the Second Amendment ("well-regulated&quot and the difference in phrasing (for now) goes around the knee-jerk reaction that "control" elicits.

[packman]

8. Those damn zombies

Well, the Republicans are safe in case of a zombie attack because, you know, zombies eat brains and Republicans.....

[True Dough]

10. Good point

The ReThugs are like the junk food at the grocery store. No nutrients.

[Tom Rivers]

11. Worst governor in America now that LePage and Walker are out of office

If Andy Beshear can't beat him next year, Kentucky will go more backwards than it already is.

[irisblue]

13. This is the governor who thought his constituents were kiddy rapists b/c teacher strikes

Source>>https://www.wcpo.com/news/state/state-kentucky/bevin-children-were-sexually-assaulted-poisoned-because-of-teacher-strikes

Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin: Children were sexually assaulted, poisoned because of teacher rally
By Sarah Walsh | Updated April 15, 2018, 2:36 p.m. EDT

snip...



" I guarantee you somewhere today, a child was physically harmed or ingested poison because they were home alone because a single parent didn't have enough money to take care of them."

More at article. And you can look up his backpedaling at the google.

Kentucky, this guy is freaking nuts.

[irisblue]

14. Here is the DU thread from last spring

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/10142037567

[True Dough]

15. The guy is a certifiable kook! n/t

[timewarped]

16. Probably True

He's probably got a point, as the Republican leadership and the current White House resident cannot possibly be human and they are constantly on the TV.

[True Dough]

20. Ha ha!

Welcome to the DU!

[Solly Mack]

18. That man's brain is crispy fried. And not in the fun way either.

[suffragette]

19. It's the damn music, umm-video games, umm- zombie

tv shows, umm- next thing I think of that has nothing to do with guns.