Hollywood promotes Gun Violence in most movies, yet they claim that they are concerned about all the gun violence here in the US... Your thoughts?

[SpaceGalaxy]

[OpenClose]

Also note that such Hollywood movies are both filmed and screened across the globe. Yet we're still the only country where this regularly happens.

You'll have to get increasingly specific to US politics or culture to explain an all-American phenomenon.

I actually think it has to do with an individualism-obsessed culture, stressors from an overworked society, and other things cultivating into social isolation. Probably present elsewhere but all that guns do is make the symptoms more pronounced.

Regulating guns may help, but I feel like it's still a band-aid.

Also it's mostly boys doing this. We are severely lacking in both mental health support and empathy for struggling boys. We basically pre-determined that they "can't have real issues" so the right tells them therapy is weak and the left tells them their issues aren't real. You're shoved between stoicism and apologism, and isolated from those who could help, left mostly to those on the internet who reinforce the issue rather than mitigate it.

[Sixgunsound]

The public is demonstrably willing to pay to consume it, and if the people who produce that Contonde had a single non-hypocritical bone in their entire bodies they would quit. However, as in all things, capitalism wins.

[Sixgunsound]

Thanks for MHO

[purplepoppy]

Movies do influence people, the fact governments have a history of using them as propaganda proves this. There's a huge number of movies in which a guy with a gun heroically saves the day. They also teach if you have a gun you can do what you want and treat people like shit. Yes it's fantastic but most people can't tell the difference.

[Anjiwa26]

Hypocrites… their excuse is that it’s “their job”, they were just acting. Celebs pardon themselves for money. But if they can get eyes/ears they will protest it. SMH…

[exitseven]

As long as they can make money they will support any democrat cause. If it effects the bottom line they are hypocrites. Nobody has asked Alex Baldwin his opinion on gun control. That would be funny.

[NamerOfStars]

Movies are *fictional*. They don't actually kill people in the scenes where someone gets shot. Same with video games; they're not actually REAL.

Glorification of the military, which *does* kill people, however...

[BCA6010]

Hollywood is "concerned" about being relevant and "supporting the current thing."

[normalice]

Movies are fiction. They make no attempt to pretend they are real life, unlike right wing disinformation.

[BillyBalls]

Seek help, TROLL!!!

[normalice]

What a well thought out response.

[ChillaxingLove]

People need to stop blaming other people for their actions. The movie industry didn’t grab their hands and make them pull the trigger.

[NathanDavis]

to portray...

to promote...

not the same thing, at all

[loveslongnails]

Hollywood considers it "make-believe". Do some people imitate movies? Yes, but far more damage is being done in video games, isn't it?

[BillyBalls]

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ebg2YnBj9II

It's the "Culture of violence" that is the problem. Not the "gun culture".

[EnglishEuropean]

We watch violent movies in the UK too but in RL shootings are rare because most people don't carry guns.

[Honesttguy]

Whats next games promote gun violence?

[KrakenAttackin]

Hollywood is the source or much pathology.

[FunkyMonkee]

And let's not forget about all the video games!

[Jouth]

Solution: shoot the gun violence. Problem solved.

[SensualMan]

I think theyre showing reality