Walmart bravely cracks down on Republican talking point from 1980s
America’s largest retailer has refused to stop selling guns after the latest massacre at one of their stores — but will limit ads for video games.
Walmart has been pressured to stop selling firearms, including in a public letter to CEO Doug McMillon by New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin.
“You, singularly, have a greater chance to use your role as the chief executive of the country’s largest retailer and largest seller of guns — with greater sway over the entire ecosystem that controls gun sales in the United States than any other individual in corporate America,” the open letter read. “What happened over the weekend was not your fault — but it is your moral responsibility to see that it stops.”
“The 22 people who died in your store this past weekend deserve more than words of consolation to their families. They deserve a leader who is going to work to make sure it never happens again,” the letter concluded.
But Walmart is instead cracking down on video games — despite the fact there is no evidence they have anything to do with mass shootings.
“Walmart stores are reportedly removing ‘signing and displays referencing violence,’ including signage and playable demos for video games, following recent shootings at two of its stores,” Vice reported.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | August 9, 2019 1:42 AM
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Utterly pathetic.
No proof at all that video games cause violence. Video games are played all over the world but the US has the most mass shootings.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | August 9, 2019 12:48 AM
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Video games are huge in Japan, which has virtually no gun violence.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | August 9, 2019 12:53 AM
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Because there are few guns.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | August 9, 2019 1:15 AM
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OP, complaining about violence in video games has NEVER been a right-wing talking point, in the 80's or otherwise. Just the opposite.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | August 9, 2019 1:30 AM
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r4 have you not seen the Republicans saying it as soon as the shootings happened? It was one of their various "let's redirect everyone's rage to ___" trial balloons. Trump said it, as did the White House and many other Republicans when they were asked for their opinions on the violence.
It's just a continuation of Tipper Gore's blaming rock music and violent movies for real life violence from the 1980s.
Here's a few better researched opinions on it. The first one covers mainly when the first big school shooting happened to now, and the second I'll post goes back further. This is a common trope.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | August 9, 2019 1:42 AM
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Post the second: "It’s time to end the debate about video games and violence "
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | August 9, 2019 1:42 AM
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