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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 7 years ago

Saw a boy playing with a toy balloon gun a few days ago and it’s still on my mind - thinking about kids playing cops and robbers, and our cultural concepts of / relationship with violence and the tools of violence

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6/2/2018

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 7 years ago

Replying to @visakanv

On a related note - war movies are interesting, aren’t they? Rewatching American Sniper and marveling at the amount of effort it takes to train actors to be soldiers operating military hardware onscreen

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6/2/2018

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 7 years ago

Replying to @visakanv

It’s so tragically poetic that Chris Kyle - who seemed like such a kind, respectful person - was shot dead by a disturbed veteran. Makes me really sad to think about it. He seemed like a good, honorable man who cared about others. He deserved better 😕 https://t.co/9knOYWLKY9

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6/2/2018

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 7 years ago

Replying to @visakanv

Young boys have likely always fantasized about being weapon-carrying, ingroup-sanctioned killers, and role-played accordingly https://t.co/hkIru7plZL

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7/6/2018

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 7 years ago

Replying to @visakanv

The loving worship of the tools of violence feels and seems a lot cuter than it used to be https://t.co/RvFF6FeT2N

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 7 years ago

the loving worship of the tools of violence is a lot cuter than it used to be https://t.co/AHgStUuRCp

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8/8/2018

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 7 years ago

Replying to @visakanv

https://t.co/Npu0IyNIVc

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9/17/2018