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Let’s imagine for the duration of this post that the pro-censorship, pro-bullying stance that fiction causes direct harm is completely true.
Let’s imagine that Jaws was the direct cause (and not the result of) widespread fear of sharks, and murder of sharks.
Let’s imagine that the Slenderman creepypasta (and not mental illness and willful cruelty) was the direct cause of violence against a young person.
Where are all the reports of incest caused by Game of Thrones?
Game of Thrones had a huge cultural impact for many years, and glorified, romanticized incest was a central plotpoint enjoyed by many fans in the mainstream.
Where’s the incest? Why is Game of Thrones not blamed for widespread cases of incest?
It almost seems, if we take these things into account, that if we take the idea seriously, that its only fictional violence that affects reality!
Maybe we should leave the smut fanfiction alone and ban the action movies and the horror fiction!
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