I just can’t even stand the personality of someone who’s first fucking instinct when they see violent or sexual media is “If I don’t like it no one should be allowed to see it.” Fuck off.
$0.02: Whenever it’s an immediate gut reaction with a disproportionate response like that, it’s un-diagnosed trauma; the stimulus is a trigger. Sad part is, “fixing” that involves access to really good healthcare, and a strong will to change one’s self in order to not feel like that anymore. What’s worse is that, statistically speaking, the abuse is usually perpetrated by someone they know (e.g. family member), which makes it extra hard to accept and overcome.
Meanwhile, we have free support systems (e.g. “religion”, TV, Social Media) that encourage and directly exploit mal-adaptive behavior and triggers.
That’s a rehash episode they did years or even decades later (hard to say with the simpsons offhand) when the writing got a lot more “phone it in”. The episode they tweet references an episode from the second season and she’s mad about itchy and scratchy, the meta cartoon inside the show.
As others have said though this argument predates the simpsons by basically the entirety of modern human existence
I just can’t even stand the personality of someone who’s first fucking instinct when they see violent or sexual media is “If I don’t like it no one should be allowed to see it.” Fuck off.
$0.02: Whenever it’s an immediate gut reaction with a disproportionate response like that, it’s un-diagnosed trauma; the stimulus is a trigger. Sad part is, “fixing” that involves access to really good healthcare, and a strong will to change one’s self in order to not feel like that anymore. What’s worse is that, statistically speaking, the abuse is usually perpetrated by someone they know (e.g. family member), which makes it extra hard to accept and overcome.
Meanwhile, we have free support systems (e.g. “religion”, TV, Social Media) that encourage and directly exploit mal-adaptive behavior and triggers.
It’s not exactly subtle
That’s a rehash episode they did years or even decades later (hard to say with the simpsons offhand) when the writing got a lot more “phone it in”. The episode they tweet references an episode from the second season and she’s mad about itchy and scratchy, the meta cartoon inside the show.
As others have said though this argument predates the simpsons by basically the entirety of modern human existence