A comedian’s biting satire nails the reasoning behind Trump’s video games rant
America’s gun problem continues to grow, as the National Rifle Association exerts its crushing influence on a large proportion of the political community, particularly in the Republican camp. After last weekend’s two brutal mass shootings, Donald Trump scrabbled around for anything to blame other than lax gun laws and his own incendiary rhetoric, and he came up with …poor mental health and video games.
His cronies and lackeys jumped on the “blame video games” bandwagon, but as Glenn Kirschner and many others pointed out, there was a serious flaw in his logic.
Trump says violent video games & mental health problems cause mass shooting, not access to guns. As I continue my time in the UK, you know what they have here? Violent video games & mental heath challenges. You know what they don’t have here? Mass shootings. Trump & the NRA lie.
— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) August 8, 2019
Comedy video maker, Stewart Reynolds – known as Brittlestar – cut right through Trump’s bluster, and produced this beautiful piece of satire.
BLAME VIDEO GAMES 🕹👾🎮 pic.twitter.com/wuBXLMITQD
— Brittlestar (@brittlestar) August 7, 2019
“Just knowing it’s not our fault, though, feels pretty good.”
Here are some of our favourite reactions to the fantastic sketch.
This is one of the most subtle, yet most powerful roasts to News outlets I've ever seen. And, damn does it work. https://t.co/2TUL2lPVDc
— DerpyBlue33 (@Blue33Derpy) August 8, 2019
Crikey! Now I know why I got a summer cold.
Video games. https://t.co/UJ2qA6u9WD
— Rogue🗝Royalle (@RogueRoyalle) August 7, 2019
Up until now I thought I might just be an arsehole… stupid Galaga.
— The Drag Queen Advocate (@thedragstate) August 7, 2019
Twitter user, @iMattClarke, was particularly interested in Stewart’s co-star.
Is there a Dog Power movement out there? I'd seriously consider joining that.
— Matthew Clarke (@iMattClarke) August 7, 2019
Prompting this response.
In Dog We Trust
— Brittlestar (@brittlestar) August 7, 2019
Wise words, indeed.
