# @smeharbinger on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DFjQYXxJZsR
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/26398088-smeharbinger-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/fdb5d0e3d6.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-02-02T00:48:13.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Harbinger (@SMEHarbinger) — https://gondola.cc/SMEHarbinger

## Caption

From desperate fight videos in the hallways of East and graphic video games to movies and TV, the media’s portrayal of violence has increased overtime. With this comes the normalization and the acceptance of violence in everyday life.

There’s no reason for 10-year-olds to have access to Mortal Kombat or Grand Theft Auto 5 — two games containing vivid and realistic violent graphics. When kids see violent interactions between people from a young age, it becomes the norm. Instead of teaching empathy, this media teaches apathy. 

The overexposure to violence and brutality in the media is causing our youth to view aggression as the go-to response for negative feelings. Exposing kids to this content increases the odds that they become more comfortable with harmful actions. 

To read more, click the link in bio. 

#storybyMaryGagen
#artbyAveryFoster
#designbyVanessaBlades
#socialmediabyMaryGagen

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artbyaveryfoster, storybymarygagen, designbyvanessablades, socialmediabymarygagen

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