Very interesting post by Intrigue-Posthaste-Please

https://intrigue-posthaste-please.tumblr.com/post/184961348114/discoursedrome-voxette-vk-i-cant-help

I also want to point out the wording in the OP “a law allowing”, since it’s a pet peeve of mine. When discussing legislation, actual or otherwise, we shouldn’t start from the premise that every act is prohibited by default, and that laws elucidate the exceptions. It’s the other way around.

Our country’s laws don’t tell us what we are allowed to do. They tell us what the people in power are allowed to do to us. They tell us under what circumstances the government and law enforcement are legally allowed to strip us of our rights by taking away our money or property or time or freedom. Each law carries with it an enormous cost in enforcement, and each law has implications far beyond what’s written on the books - no law has ever been applied or enforced exactly the way it was intended. When we talk about legislation, let’s start from the premise that most kinds of behavior are allowed. Any exceptions must be specific and merited because of the societal cost incurred with each new law.

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The far left’s worst assumption is that no one could genuinely be opposed to mass murder. The right, both far and otherwise, tends towards policies that are mass murder by inaction (letting poor people starve to death, denying sick people medication, etc.) The far left argues direct mass murder of the people who promote these policies. So when you say you don’t want mass murder at all, the far left tends to assume you don’t want to personally commit mass murder. They think you must be totally okay with letting the right kill indirectly, so long as you don’t have to think about it or admit any responsibility for it. Therefore, you must be their enemy, and they don’t listen when you try to tell them you oppose both kinds of mass murder.

There's a kind of Overton Window for popular music

Lots of trigger warnings here.

Chained to the Rhythm is something that exists comfortably within the window. It's heartfelt and strong, but it's an easily recognizable style. It's not at all surprising to hear it on the radio.

Farther out on the spectrum is something like Someone Saved My Life Tonight or Take Me to Church. You can connect it to other things that play on popular radio stations, but something about it sets it apart. It feels strange, shocking even. You're vaguely impressed that the performers were able to get a "regular" station to air it. In some cases, they can even move the window, and songs more like that start appearing more frequently.

The most brain-scrambling moment music has ever given to me was when I was sitting in a Taco Bell, listening to the most generic pop music imaginable, and it suddenly started playing Zombie. I wasn't confused that this song existed. I was confused that it could be played on the same station as the things that play in a Taco Bell. 

Watching the creator of Mortal Kombat talk on Youtube

 "The biggest challenge with Skarlet was probably how far we want to take the blood. Blood is kind of a queasy visual, and, you know, her fatalities in Mortal Kombat 9 probably cross the line a little bit in her terms of her, kind of, bathing in her opponents' blood. I think we toned that down a tiny bit with Mortal Kombat 11, but where that line was was probably the toughest thing with her. You know, making her unique and cool and dangerous, but not getting too--too nauseous about it."

Then there's a clip of Skarlet stabbing someone so hard in the head that their eye pops out the back of their skull. I think you "crossed the line" a few miles back, dude.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0giRCGA6FDk