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malaise

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13. I remember some of the debates here on DU about violent video games

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Sat Dec 6, 2025, 12:17 PM

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Although we have had movies for a very long time, I firmly believed and still believe that some of these games hastened desensitization and continue to desensitize violence.

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Desensitizing, brutalizing. Yesterday, I read a DU post about a story [View all] niyad Saturday OP

It's from an excellent op-ed by Phil Klay. WhiskeyGrinder Saturday #1

Thank you! I looked, but couldn't find it again. niyad Saturday #3

Trumpism is more than just Trump. Beartracks Saturday #16

Thanks for sharing. yellow dahlia Saturday #21

That shit has been going on for ages. Turbineguy Saturday #2

As has been frequently said on DU dlk Saturday #4

Yes, I agree. They showed all the snuff films. Walleye Saturday #10

This is why I don't understand why people like violent movies. LisaM Saturday #5

Especially if you dehumanize them by labeling them "terrorists." surfered Saturday #6

Narco-terrorists "criminal illegal aliens." surprised they haven't thought up another hateful adjective to put in there Walleye Saturday #11

Authoritarians have to change public perspectives on the use of violence, tell them it's for the good of the nation. Timeflyer Saturday #7

Maybe this is why IT is always referring to people he doesn't like as "animals". The same as LoisB Saturday #8

There are a lot of us who will never be desensitized Six117 Saturday #9

The discussion frame has gone from illegal war to war crime to double tap. hay rick Saturday #12

I remember some of the debates here on DU about violent video games malaise Saturday #13

High School Shooters Kid Berwyn Saturday #15

Worked on 9-11 Kid Berwyn Saturday #14

I watched that whole progression with increasing horror and revulsion, niyad Saturday #17

At the time, I said to myself "Pearl Harbor reference in 1...2...3..." malthaussen Saturday #19

In "Woman of the Year," Kate Hepburn's character becomes a baseball fanatic... malthaussen Saturday #18

Napoleon .. aggiesal Saturday #20