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Showing Original Post only (View all)*Scapegoating video games and other violent media is nonsense* [View all]
I don't believe any media - makes anybody - do anything. If exposure is all it took to make one aggressive, those of us who work in the video games industry, and are immersed in all aspects of it all day long, would be the most aggressive and violent people around. I can tell you that my coworkers are some of the brightest, most talented, and sane people I've ever known. They are rational, respectful, courteous, generous, normal... Most are loving parents. Though I can't say for certain, I doubt many of them are members of the NRA, let alone own a firearm.
IMO mental illness is the issue. Now before you accuse me of blaming people with depression, anxiety, manias, syndromes... or a host of "disorders" most of us suffer, let me make it clear I'm talking about severe mental illness. The kind that makes it difficult to distinguish reality from fiction and right from wrong, and makes you unable to feel empathy. People like that are time bombs. We had them in this world before movies and video games, and always will.