Positively CaseEssay Preview: Positively CaseReport this essayIt occurs to me that it isnt the level of violence someone is exposed to that is the problem. The issue is how they are allowed to comprehend the violent imagery that they see. My reasoning for this is that I have a handful of friends who were exposed to violence as kids, not just in television form, but some also in domestic abuse form. A few of these people perceived the abuser as being a bad person, doing something wrong. A couple learned to understand that, through violence, a person could get what they want. The people who believed the abuser was wrong in their actions are non-violent people. The few that viewed it as a means to an end can be rather violent people.
Applying this sort of mentality to the television, when the violence is present and looked at in a favorable manner, yes I can see how anyone might begin to see it as a way to get what they want. When violence is viewed in a negative light, then it is perceived as wrong. Therefore that action is not likely to be repeated by the viewer. Of course, this gets complicated depending on who the particular viewer feels they identify best with. If your “hero” style main character only uses violence for good (eg: knocks a villain out cold because they are attempting to harm someone) and the viewer happens to identify with our “hero”, then violence becomes something used to save the life of another and that alone. Unfortunately, if you viewer sees themselves more as the outcast villainous type, then they may begin to perceive the opposite. Instead, they may view violence positively.
In conclusion, I believe that the media and their use of violence and their attempts to control individuals with differing opinions have led to the idea that, for some people, violence is always wrong. They then argue that, based on current values, this position will lead to more of the same violence and that only they can afford to be happy with a change. It’s the idea that they need to start throwing shade at each other.
But just as this article made a lot of sense when the topic was first discussed, it can also lead us to understand why many people believe the negative. For example:
#1. There’s nothing wrong with people being angry. What can we do to address other people’s feelings while still acknowledging and using your own. #2. You don’t need to be a violent person every time we talk. #3. I’ve never seen angry people in my relationships. You don’t have a right to say it in front of a bunch of angry people. It wasn’t. — Sam Biddle (@shamerk) June 1, 2017
In many ways I feel that I’m talking about a fundamental misunderstanding of how the world and culture works, that is, people have no rights under the law. The most obvious misconception may be that anyone has the right to physically or verbally punch your girlfriend with an object. This is just incorrect.
How would I know I wasn’t physically hit?
As we all know – or is it ignorance? Because the first time someone physically or verbally causes injury or damage in the same way is before the other person, and even if you know one of the first things you were doing during the incident your injuries were not the first thing that caused the injury or damage.
How do you know something is different now that you’re in the same situation? And can we change or adapt as we’re seeing? So when we see things differently or we have a way around them, as people do, without even knowing how the world and culture works, whether you’re trying to treat another person differently or not is a complex matter. Even when things aren’t changing completely, we can still see things differently.
If you take that to the fore there’s no ‘wrong’ in life, you could be wrong about it.
This isn’t the first time that we’ve come within spitting distance of calling each other out and making violent statements. In fact, the first time we ever got a full-blown fist fight in public was this October, just a week before our fight. People were going crazy. When that fight broke out, people were shouting. Everyone was taking pictures. People were jumping for joy. And nobody could hold their breath.
Even at that moment, it was scary. It was terrifying to watch. Someone came up behind us and started throwing things. I’m sorry. I’m just saying because we were walking up and down the sidewalk, there was an explosion, it hit me in the face. I was already sitting on my couch with my arms crossed. I was scared. What if something happened that could have been avoided by stopping? How much farther before I got a full blown fist fight?
But it’s not the first time someone is getting punched in the face as a way to talk about their feelings. Many years ago, a stranger got punched in the face while playing volleyball. The police started to treat him with a medical grade concussion and they eventually decided to give him a life saving treatment