[ SECRET POST #4267 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4267 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

He's a fictional character. So the main problem is that the creators of a horror franchise decided that, instead of going with "possessed" or "ghosts" or "fleetingly read Nietzsche in college" went for "mentally ill" as a reason why their killing machine does what he does. The problem is not viewers interpreting that message as it is sent rather than questioning it's basis. Let's face it, you go to see a horror film for the thrill factor, and not to evaluate treatment of the mentally ill, nor to deal with the question of how to react to criminal behavior by the mentally ill.

In the real world, people, regardless of their mental capacity, can be both perpetrators and victims of violence - and thus, both "evil" AND "good" at the same time (because people's goodness or badness isn't a fixed zero sum game since we're not Calvinists). Corollary is, someone can be sympathetic to the suffering of another person (from mental illness or victimization) AND also think "holy hell, this guy is wearing someone else's face! I need to get to safety ASAP, defending myself as best I'm able if he catches up to me, otherwise he's wearing my feet for creepy toe-sandles! As soon as I get to a place where the phones work, I'll for professionals to prevent him from hurting more people and for figuring out how to treat whatever made him do such evil shit".

[(Anonymous)]

Let's face it, you go to see a horror film for the thrill factor, and not to evaluate treatment of the mentally ill, nor to deal with the question of how to react to criminal behavior by the mentally ill.

Spoken like someone who doesn't have much understanding of the genre.