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24/7 news cycles have somehow convinced the US that this is the most dangerous time in history for children when in fact, the complete opposite is true. It's ve

• SketchySeaBeast 8y ago
  I was out with friends this weekend at a local event and one of them went "Why would you let your kid out of sight with all these pedophiles running around?" - there was zero evidence there were sex offenders around us - it was a family event, but just because of the sheer prevalence of news they had heard, it's warped their perception of the world enough to be fearful of the utterly irrational.
• onychomys 8y ago
  That and the rise of weekly detective shows that focus on sexual crimes. SVU is in its 19th season, somehow. Criminal Minds is about to start its 14th. And there are plenty of others like those. Contrast that with 30 years ago, when we had things like Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue, and regular Law & Order. Those shows featured murders committed because of robberies and affairs and the like. The more modern versions are basically all pedophiles and rapists.
• tunap 8y ago
  Dr Sagan noted the trend & wrote a book about it before he died. Demon Haunted World https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_haunted_world https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_haunted_world