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Revealed: Obama's controversial pick for surgeon general adopted his anti-gun
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:16 pm
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:16 pm
Revealed: Obama's controversial pick for surgeon general adopted his anti-gun stance by watching violent CARTOONS
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President Barack Obama's nominee to serve as the U.S. surgeon general, a 36-year-old physician who has attracted criticism for his anti-gun advocacy, complained to a newspaper in 1994 that 'society's preoccupation with firearms' comes from 'fiery gun battles' on Saturday morning cartoons.
Dr. Vivek Murthy, who founded Doctors for Obama in 2008 – a group that later changed its name to 'Doctors for America – was a graduating high school senior at the time, one of several valedictorians the Miami Herald interviewed.
'Vivek Murthy, 16, of Palmetto High, takes television cartoons to task' for 'the growing problem of kids and violence,' according to the Herald.
'Today, a typical elementary student wakes up on Saturday mornings to fiery gun battles, explosive scenes of terror and the violent decimation of the "bad guy" – all this in a children's cartoon,' Murthy said then.
'With such destructive influence, society's preoccupation with firearms and brutal methods of conflict resolution is no surprise.'
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Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:20 pm to wickowick
They're assembling quite the team over at Health and Human Services.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:20 pm to wickowick
What a GIFT to the Republican Party.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:21 pm to wickowick
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:22 pm to wickowick
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'Today, a typical elementary student wakes up on Saturday mornings to fiery gun battles, explosive scenes of terror and the violent decimation of the "bad guy" – all this in a children's cartoon,' Murthy said then.
its amazing how the entire country isn't one giant mass of hellfire and anarchy
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:26 pm to wickowick
quote:He is 36 but graduated from high school in 2008?
Dr. Vivek Murthy, who founded Doctors for Obama in 2008 – a group that later changed its name to 'Doctors for America – was a graduating high school senior at the time
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:26 pm to wickowick
Im 37.. I've got a plenty of doctor friends around my age and cant understand how any of them would be qualified at such a young age to be the Surgeon General. Whatever
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:26 pm to wickowick
It's amazing that these people exist let alone that these people are allowed to make decisions effecting the lives of three hundred million people. This level of ignorance is downright unacceptable for someone in any kind of position of responsibility in government. This would be akin to the head of the FEMA basing his disaster relief plans on the movie "The Day After Tomorrow". Pure brazen ignorance.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:28 pm to Choctaw
meh. realistic video games are much more likely to numb ones natural reaction to violence than yosimite sam firing a shotgun and bugs bunny.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:38 pm to wickowick
That Yosemite Sam and Elmer Fudd were mighty violent characters.
This post was edited on 3/12/14 at 1:40 pm
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:41 pm to Godfather1
The road runner & coyote were pretty violent without any guns. Ban anvils?
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:43 pm to LSUGrrrl
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The road runner & coyote were pretty violent without any guns. Ban anvils?
lots of TNT.
Anyone ever go back and watch Rocko's Modern Life? He worked as a phone sex operator
But yes, today's television is ruining our kids.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:49 pm to wickowick
Its all Batman's fault.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:50 pm to LSUGrrrl
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The road runner & coyote were pretty violent without any guns. Ban anvils?
Need to shakedown that Acme Corporation.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:53 pm to wickowick
Fyi for those that may have missed it, this guy's cartoon claims were made while he was 16 years old in high school. For reference, when I was 16 in high school I still believed in the Christian god.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:59 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Violence tax against ACME?
Posted on 3/12/14 at 2:01 pm to weedGOKU666
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For reference, when I was 16 in high school I still believed in the Christian god.
Oh, snap!!!
Posted on 3/12/14 at 2:03 pm to weedGOKU666
quote:
Fyi for those that may have missed it, this guy's cartoon claims were made while he was 16 years old in high school. For reference, when I was 16 in high school I still believed in the Christian god.
Well your views changed, his apparently have not...
Posted on 3/12/14 at 2:03 pm to wickowick
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'society's preoccupation with firearms' comes from 'fiery gun battles' on Saturday morning cartoons.
Were these cartoons only available in the terrible parts of Chicago, Baton Rouge, etc.?
Posted on 3/12/14 at 2:05 pm to weedGOKU666
quote:
Fyi for those that may have missed it, this guy's cartoon claims were made while he was 16 years old in high school. For reference, when I was 16 in high school I still believed in the Christian god.
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