If you don’t know Brandon Morse, you need to head over to Twitchy sister site RedState (after you finish reading our posts) and dig into his back catalog. And like many conservatives over the past 48 hours, Morse isn’t too thrilled with President Trump right now.
As Twitchy reported Wednesday, Trump held a bipartisan session about school safety and seemed very receptive to Rep. Marsha Blackburn’s concerns about violence in movies and video games. And it wasn’t just talk:
NEW: President Trump to meet with video game industry executives next week as part of ongoing debate over school safety.
— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) March 1, 2018
Full disclosure: We’re well aware that there are some incredibly violent video games out there boasting super-realistic HD graphics. But we’re also aware that the connection being games and real-life violence is tenuous at best. And we don’t like it when Brandon gets upset.
Trump to meet with video game makers to discuss violence
https://t.co/PsKe4a3iIW pic.twitter.com/4FJT0KtWiP— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) March 1, 2018
Okay. I tried, but he's really pissing me off now.
Suddenly Trump and Anita Sarkeesian have something in common. https://t.co/hYx2SPjDPI
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) March 1, 2018
We’ll let you look up Anita Sarkeesian; in short, she’s a feminist who’s written extensively on misogyny in video game culture.
Tariffs, blaming video games for violence, and turning on pro-gun principles. @realDonaldTrump found the expressway to my bad side, and he's taking it.
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) March 1, 2018
Attn @realDonaldTrump: There Is No Link Between Violence and Video Games https://t.co/2As7gPK2Kf
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) March 1, 2018
When gun violence pops up, the left blames the gun and the right accurately proves that this is a false assumption. However the right is just as bad when it blames video games.
It wasn't the video games. It wasn't the gun. It's the person.
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) March 1, 2018
Just like there are millions of guns in America that haven't been used to harm anything more than a paper target, millions of gamers are not going out and harming any one. This is asinine.
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) March 1, 2018
Like Morse says, blaming video games for the Parkland massacre is like blaming the AR-15 — which of course Democrats and journalists are doing … again.
The reality is that we have a cultural problem with violence and a general laziness when it comes to finding answers. So some blame guns, others blame video games or rap music or whatever other cheap scapegoat they can find. It's all about the path of least resistance.
— A Laughing Scoundrel (@wizardofcause) March 1, 2018
Who is he going to meet with? Activision? EA? ID? Bungie? Valve? Nintendo?
Also, since the video game industry has spent literally DECADES rejecting the idea that they’re to blame for violence, this sounds like a pretty contentious meeting in the making. https://t.co/YD5J1ejsnr
— Jack Jenkins (@jackmjenkins) March 1, 2018
"Now this chimp I don't like. The way he throws the barrels? I don't like that. This is a bad chimp in my opinion." https://t.co/5TwHgJMRrB
— James Colley (@JamColley) March 1, 2018
Could undermine his chances of carrying the state of San Andreas in his 2020 re-elect https://t.co/gXPYmkacdw
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) March 1, 2018
Yep, gamers. Because that's the problem ?♂️ https://t.co/cLiyZLeq2j
— Lord Arse! ? (@Lord_Arse) March 1, 2018
I guess personal responsibility is never an option, looking for somewhere to point more blame. https://t.co/NjWJ9qc90T
— Michael Vickroy (@Wheres_Creeper) March 1, 2018
I'm glad we are setting the conversation back 20 years. https://t.co/pN6gTKAqTi
— Biscuit Extra Buttra (@BiggestBiscuit) March 1, 2018
This feels like the 80s and 90s all over again. https://t.co/Lo2gVVGipx
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) March 1, 2018
All the panics of the 1990s are back. https://t.co/8yRJurcbdN
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) March 1, 2018
https://twitter.com/andylevy/status/969304252387643393
https://twitter.com/AviWoolf/status/969308778972753920
And just like that, I'm back in the late-90s. Jack Thompson is beating on my door, yelling about the latest Grand Theft Auto. https://t.co/aTmQJOexvT
— CactuarJoe (@CactuarJoe) March 1, 2018
I seem to have walked into a time machine set for 1995 without realizing it, and happened to somehow bring 2018 Twitter with me too. https://t.co/43QZGzHPgD
— SmashMasterShow (@SmashMasterShow) March 1, 2018
God damn this again, but this time you guys need to be more afraid. I don't think something like the PRESIDENT meeting with gaming officials has been done like this. How about you just don't let mentally ill people have guns and don't have such inept sherrifs. https://t.co/Aq6Ruri4az
— notsmithichie (@notsmithichie) March 1, 2018
Related:
Tipper Gore redux? Trump shares Rep. Marsha Blackburn's concern about violent video games https://t.co/dwy2DN5gni
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 1, 2018
Penn Jillette: Video games are NOT to blame for gun violence, blame the killer not the art (video) https://t.co/GeRs4nQfXo
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 10, 2016
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