Donkey Of The Day: Illinois State Rep Wants to Ban Violent Video Games To Reduce Carjackings

Illinois State Rep Wants to Ban Violent Video Games To Reduce Carjackings

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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Now I've been called a lot of my twenty three years.
That donkey of the day is a new wife. Yes,
donkey today for Friday, February goals of the Representative Marcus
Evans Jr. A Democrat who has introduced a bill that
would amend the pre existing law banning certain video games
from being sold to minors. Now, I'm not a video
game fanatic at all, so I couldn't tell you why

(00:25):
certain video games shouldn't be sold to minors. I do
remember about a decade ago in the Supreme Court was
debating if violent video games should be sold to minors
or not. And Representative Marcus Evans Junior amendment is in
that lane because he would ban the sale of games
with subject matter including motor vehicle theft with a driver
or passenger. President. Basically, he wants to get Grand Theft

(00:48):
Auto to f out of here. Why because Carl Jackins
among young people have gone up in Chicago recently. Let's
go to kt L A c W five for the report.
Please Illinois State Representative Marcus Evans Jr. Who introduced a
bill which would ban the sale of popular video game
Grand Theft Auto, amongst others, in response to a rise
in carjackings in Chicago, people in government or parent groups

(01:09):
are kind of looking for what I would say is
a scapegoach to not deal with the real underlying issues
of socio economic inequalities or mental health issues. I agree,
I agree with whoever that woman was talking. Just now,
let me tell lawmakers in Chicago something. Can kids be
influenced by things? Absolutely? Music, video games, movies, other people?

(01:31):
Of course, Do I think Grand Theft Auto is the
reason carjackings of going up in Chicago? Hell No, I don't. Okay,
It's like, damn lawmakers read the room. The reason crime
is going up across the country, not just in Chicago,
is because the poor and disenfranchise communities which were already hurting,
which already lacked resources. We've already lacked opportunities those communities
or even in worse shape now. So I'm looking at

(01:52):
all these news stories about the Illinois lawmakers seeking the
band Grand Theft Auto due to a rise in carjacking carjackings,
and it makes me shake my head and realize just
how much folks don't get it. See, we really live
in an era where people want symbolic change instead of
real systemic change. Okay, grant their fall, they'll get banned.
Then what tell me, how is that going to empower

(02:13):
and heal people? How is that going to provide opportunities
to thrive? The violence anywhere, it's not going down if
you don't provide access to jobs and housing. That's what
people need. Stable housing and amenities and commerce opportunities. Those
are the investments that need to be made. You have
to revitalize neighborhood economies, okay, markets, I'm not telling you
anything you don't know. You know that, Okay. You should

(02:35):
be advocating for equity focused legislation and policy. That's what
people need, not bands of grand them all though. Come on, Marcus,
the wages are too low, all right. There's a lack
of quality healthcare, some standard housing, all right. For kids
who want to pursue higher education, they aren't able to
because college tuition too damn high and rising. Those are
the problems that most Americans facing. You know, black communities

(02:57):
face them even more. Okay, f band and grand the
farll raise the minimum which, all right, make college affordable
for anyone who wants to attend. Require local government to
provide healthcare and adequate housing for everybody. Okay, instead of
banning grand theft auto as the great Alicia Guards of
Black Futures lab says, if candidates lawmakers addressed the needs
and concerns of black communities, that will resulting dividends for

(03:19):
all Americans. Markets If you address the real needs and
concerns of the black communities in Chicago, in the communities
in Chicago that needed it will result in dividends for
all of Illinois. Okay, I want this idea of banning
grand theft auto to die. And instead of a cheat

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code for unlimited guns lawmakers in Chicago, she create a
cheat code for unlimited funds to be invested in the
communities that need them. That's how you slow down car
jackings and every other violent crime, not only in Chicago
but across the country. Please uh let Representative Marcus Evans
Junior get the sweet simes and the hand of tones.
You are the dogkey oh the day, yeah, dog oh

(04:13):
the day. Ye are all right? Thank you for that
to day? Can some I want one of you all
to do your uncle charlottle favorite. Can you send me
up from church fans? I want the old school church
fans that Grandma used to use when she used to
be in the pew fan in herself because around ate
something every morning in this room for the past couple

(04:33):
of months that I go hot. Oh alright, well, thank
you for that donkey to day when we come back.
Let's open up the phone lines eight five eight five
one on five one. We're talking Dr Carl Hart, and
he was on earlier. A lot of people have different
things to say about his opinion on drug use and
what do you have to say about drug use? People are?

(04:54):
They have this idea of someone who uses heroin and
some poor soul who is inject the drug and it's
a slave to the drug, and they think that heroin
is the reason for that person's problem, because that person
definitely exists, but that the person's problem is not so
much heroin as everything else, like the person might have
co occurring psychiatric illnesses. I always say, people say, well,

(05:17):
I'm chasing that high I got the first time did
I use it? But that's the real Is that a
real thing? Because I've heard so many people say that
on documentaries. Yeah, I know, because we are willing to
accept that, right, Um, No, it's certainly true. Like just
think of the first time you enjoyed in the orgasm.
It's like it was amazing for me the first time.
It's like, am I chasing the first time I had

(05:40):
an orgasm? No, of course not. But Aldo that feeling
like that can't kill me. Orgasm can't kill you. You You
certainly can't kill all Right, Well, let's open up the
phone lines five and five one O five one did
We're opening up the phone lines. Let's talk about it.
We'll take your calls when we come back as the
Breakfast Club. Good morning, donkey. Today is brought to you

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