Demand A Plan? Demand Celebrities Go F*ck Themselves (Extended Cut)

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Jan. 1, 2013 - Hollywood is a culture of violence. Big stars make big bucks portraying psychotic killers, shooting people in orgies of bloody gore. They glorify guns and killing, but they want you to "demand a plan" to stop real-life killings. Look, we're all against stopping the violence. The issue here is the hypocrisy and stupidity of the celebrities who appeared in a video called "Demand a Plan to Gun Violence." (Watch it below.) In response to that video, a video titled "Demand a Plan? Demand Celebrities Go F*** Themselves" points out the double standard and hypocrisy of those celebrities. The response video was posted by "Mike Hunt" (yes yes, I know) on YouTube on Dec. 25, 2012.
Their plea to "demand a plan" is vague at best; they suggest no plan themselves. The video was put out by a group called "Mayors Against Illegal Guns" as a response to the Dec. 14, 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. 28 people died in that horrific attack, including gunman Adam Lanza. At the MAIG website, there is a proposal for action, but no part of their "plan" would prevent another Adam Lanza from stealing his mother's guns and going on a killing spree.

More below this video. Advisory: Language

Video: "Demand A Plan to End Gun Violence"


The hypocrisy of it all is simple enough. As mentioned above, these very same celebrities glamorize guns and killing in their films. In addition, they all put their heads in the sand when confronted with the reality that violent films and television shows influence the mentally unstable among us. For those who dispute this, please remember that many of these same celebrities insisted that "violent rhetoric" from politicians such as Sarah Palin causes violence. Hollywood is unwilling to accept their double standard, or any responsibility for their own influence on violence in America. There is no mention of mental illness in this video, as part of their "plan."

Video: "Demand A Plan? Demand Celebrities Go F*ck Themselves [Extended Version]"
Advisory: Language, Depictions of Violence


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A wonderful column by Mick LaSalle, movie critic for The San Francisco Gate, wrote this today:

"Just as there is profit in violence, there is enormous profit in pornography, and yet our films don't routinely depict graphic sex acts for two reasons: (1) The public wouldn't stand for it; and (2) Critics would feel on solid ground deploring it. It's time to stop behaving as if we were paralyzed. It's time to lose our squeamishness about confronting screen violence - and the monolith of profit behind it - and to start acting like a community."

Sadly, you won't see that as part of the "plan" called for by the hypocrites in "Demand A Plan to End Gun Violence."

Related:

• Violent media poisoning nation's soul SFGate
• 'Demand celebrities go f*** themselves': Video argues stars calling for gun control are hypocrites because of their violent roles in TV and movies Mail Online
• Violent movies can increase violent responses in real life Virginia Tech
• Lock & Load: A video essay about the role of guns in film Vimeo
• The Harmful Effects of Violent Movies Annenberg School for Communications, Univ. of Penn.
• Violence in the Media: Effects on Children YouTube
• When Movie Violence Helps Inspire Real Violence... Huffington Post