Glenn Beck: 'Medical fact' that video games were 'gateway drug' to Newtown massacre
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[quote=Raw Story]
Conservative radio host Glenn Beck opposes gun control legislation in the wake of the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut because he says that it’s a “medical fact” that video games are the “gateway drug” that lead to mass shootings.
“We are, I think, the only network that is sticking to the truth here on this one, the core of why so many kids and others like them are resorting to such heinous acts,” Beck explained during the Thursday broadcast of his Internet-based show.
The libertarian host falsely claimed that CBS News had “disappeared” one of its recent reports about a “trove” of video games found in the basement of Newtown shooter Adam Lanza’s house.
“Sources say Lanza spent countless hours there alone, in a private gaming room with the windows blacked out, honing his computer shooting skills,” CBS News wrote, later clarifying that Connecticut State Police had told the network that “the investigation into the motive for the Newtown shooting has not been completed and therefore any statements about the shooter’s intent are mere speculation.”
“Lanza saw his victims as merely characters in a video game,” Beck insisted. “We have to do everything we can to make sure that the heart does not grow cold. Virtual reality is meshing now with reality, and we’re at the very beginning of this. Our sons and daughters are becoming desensitized to right and wrong.”
“If your kid is playing these video games, you have to step up now. I beg you, pray on it if you want confirmation,” he added. “The only way we’ll survive is if we pull together as a team. Video games — for our children, not for adults — but video games are a gateway drug for our kids. And instead of a high, they get a numbness. They get an indifferent heart and a mind that cannot tell the difference between fiction and reality.”
“This is medical fact. This is not crazy theory.”
Beck, however, ignored the final paragraph of the CBS News report about how Lanza’s experience with firearms was grounded in reality.
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Why can't he just go away?
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[quote]“We are, I think, the only network that is sticking to the truth here on this one, the core of why so many kids and others like them are resorting to such heinous acts."[/quote]
Fox news and truth just don't go together.
Guns, the actual tools used in these killings, are perfectly safe as a hobby for many people.
Video games though? Those things which can't physically harm anything? Man, fuck those, am I right? No way people can enjoy those safely
[QUOTE=Amez;39659545]Fox news and truth just don't go together.[/QUOTE]
Ironically, he isn't with Fox News anymore.
[QUOTE=Fangz;39659564]Ironically, he isn't with Fox News anymore.[/QUOTE]
Oh shit, what is he with now?
[QUOTE=Ericson666;39659560]Guns, the actual tools used in these killings, are perfectly safe as a hobby for many people.
Video games though? Those things which can't physically harm anything? Man, fuck those, am I right? No way people can enjoy those safely[/QUOTE]
American Media, also known as: Let's blame everything but us!
Shoes are responsible for shootings, if the shooters didn't have shoes they wouldn't go out to shoot people because their feet would have hurt
Everyone always has to blame [I]something[/I] for all of our problems. Right now it's video games. In the past it has been music, television, movies, etc. I wonder what the next scapegoat will be.
I thought this asshole was done with this idiotic shit
[QUOTE=Secone;39659764]I thought this asshole was done with this idiotic shit[/QUOTE]
Assholes never stop shitting, it is their purpose
he's right.
playing sim city has turned me into a terrible urban planner
[QUOTE=Amez;39659581]Oh shit, what is he with now?[/QUOTE]
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[url]http://www.video.theblaze.com/index.jsp[/url]
Shut up Glenn, you know you don't believe in the shit that spews from your mouth.
[QUOTE=God of Ashes;39659803]he's right.
playing sim city has turned me into a terrible urban planner[/QUOTE]
Total War has turned me into King of England
Arma 2 taught me how to properly use an assault rifle.
Wait, Shit.
I love watching libertarians and conservatives throw the first amendment under the bus. Such delicious stupidity.
the sims turned me into a serial ladder-removal killer, it must be true
DayZ taught me to camp the nearest supermarket from 800 meters with a sniper rifle when things turn ugly.
didnt this guy say he'd quit this form of work? im fairly sure he said that like half a year ago or something and everyone was happy
but w/e
[QUOTE=Blockhead;39659860]Arma 2 taught me how to properly use an assault rifle.
Wait, Shit.[/QUOTE]
So which model assault rifle did you get? The Baby+ or the model with integrated Cop-Out?
[QUOTE=Blockhead;39659860]Arma 2 taught me how to properly use an assault rifle.
Wait, Shit.[/QUOTE]
Call of Duty taught me how to [I]im[/I]properly use an assault rifle.
Seeing as this entire forum sprouted from a modification of a violent gun-based video game, it looks like we're all gonna go on a shooting spree. Welp
Beck have you even tried to smoke a video game
Getting a driver's license is obviously a gateway drug to vehicular manslaughter too then.
Wow I've lost all respect for him
oh wait
Maybe he should stop talking shit and see how that works out.
Well with Newtown and Nuketown sounds so similar its understandable that a COD player would confuse the two and go on a killing frenzy.
I mean 25 kills and you get a tactical nuke...
[QUOTE=WhiskeyTangoF;39659749]Everyone always has to blame [I]something[/I] for all of our problems. Right now it's video games. In the past it has been music, television, movies, etc. I wonder what the next scapegoat will be.[/QUOTE]
Alternate reality equipped glasses. It's not going to be long until someone makes a mod that rewards you for committing horrendous acts. You could even make custom challenges!
I honestly don't get the hatred of entertainment mediums. Surely reporter know that it's widely discouraged to talk about subject matter that they aren't knowledgeable about?
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