The fun-killing neighborhood scolds at the Eagle Forum filed a brief [pdf] supporting Californiaâs violent video game law, and invoke the 1982 death of a Berzerk player as evidence that games even cause physical harm.
https://lastchance.cc/u-s-court-of-appeals-rules-schwarzeneggers-game-law-un-5157689%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
The Eagle Forum isnât much different from your typical gasbag family values think tank, except that it was founded in 1967 by Phyllis Schlafly (pictured), so it was a gasbag family values think tank before that was cool. Itâs also funny theyâre teaming up with Jerry Brown, the former âGovernor Moonbeamâ and current California Attorney General, whoâs appealing a lower-court decision striking down a 2005 law against the sales of violent video games.
In a laundry list of evils, the Eagle Forum attaches video games to everything wrong in the world, including high school dropout rates and the lack of preparedness freshmen have for a college curriculum. Nothing, of course, is cited, but thatâs should be expected from the paperâs author, Andrew Schlafly. He founded âConservapedia,â the free online encyclopedia any knuckledragging flat-earther can edit.
The dated references to Sega and the 27-year-old death of Peter Burkowski make me think these are just talking points cut and pasted from the Eagle Forumâs video game file.
Video Games Are Equivalent to Fighting Words, Conservative Group Argues in Supreme Court Brief [GamePolitics]
