Does GTA IV have a political bias?

[gregrein]

I don't see how they take more shots at liberals. It seems perfectly equal to me.

 

Weazel News is a big spoof of Fox News, an overtly conservative news channel here in America that has well-earned its bad rap for being one-sided in everything it reports while carrying the slogan of "fair and balanced."

 

Anyone who thinks Rockstar has any notable bias, and that they can speak for Rockstar that Rockstar believes one side is grand and the other is evil though is probably just biased, themselves.

 

By the way, censorship is in no way shape or form a democratic thing. You think atheists and less family-oriented people are the ones obsessed with censoring everything? Right, that makes perfect sense.

 

Just because republicans often use the word "freedom" like it's going out of style doesn't mean everything they do is freedom-oriented. It's just rhetoric the far right uses so they can say democrats are oppressive and communists and whatever way-out-there exaggeration they want to use to create a straw man argument to knock over.

 

They're no more freedom-inclined than your average democrat. Democrats believe in the humanitarian aid of social systems and things of that nature (which you're free to construe as a bad thing or not), but not censorship. It's not the left's forte. That's a predominantly religious/family-oriented value. And we know which side is predominantly religious/family-oriented.

 

(Spoiler: Not democrats.)

 

Again, saying republican = 100% freedom and democrat = 100% communism is, let's say, "100% stupid."

Well, let's see....who started the PMRC? A liberal named Tipper Gore. Who is also a big advocate of family. A Democrat in favor of censorship and an advocate of the family. Yeah, you think you know, but you don't.

 

Who's fighting to maintain as much censorship as possible? A democrat named Hillary Clinton.

 

Who wants the government involved in every aspect of our lives? The liberals. The democrats.

 

You're fooling yourself if you think that the democrats are all atheists and non-family oriented. Most democrats I know are christians and very family oriented. You're fooling yourself even more if you actually believe that they had nothing to do with censorship.

 

I never said I speak for R, but go ahead and believe what you want. It's obvious you don't know much about who's censoring who in this country, so I'll not waste my time on someone who has no clue.

 

BTW, I'm an atheist and I'm most certainly not a Democrat. Actually, my family (myself excluded, I won't associate myself with either of the political parties) has always been quite Republican and we're certainly not family-oriented, and we never went to church...I've known many Republicans who don't believe in god. I've known many more Republicans who are 100% against censorship. You're certainly full of stereotypes aren't ya? Why don't take off your rose-tinted glasses to see the world in reality, instead of what you think the "liberals" stand for. Yeah, sure, they are liberal- with censorship and government control.

Wow so you base your opnion based off one politication. Also democrat and liberal are two different things. Here you need to read this Democratics Demographics. Anyway Liberal is someone who pushes for individual rights. A democratic is a person who is part of the democratic party which is made up of many people of many different sytles of thinking. You really need to learn this stuff if your going to go on a rant. Also Social Conservates who normally vote for Republicans are the ones pushing family values. If you disagree with these facts you need to learn some more about politics.

No, it's not based on one politician. I pointed out a few that are proponents of censorship that were so-called liberals. I pointed out that Tipper was a huge family values advocate - and she's a "liberal". So that kind of discredits your "Social Conservatives who normally vote for Republicans are the ones pushing family values" statement. I just showed you at least one liberal that does. I don't even care enough to point out others, and I'm sure you'll say that I don't even know of any...Oh, please hurt my feelings by not believing me.

 

I know enough about politics to know that none of it is needed. We'd be much better off without any of it. I know what the liberals are all about - whining and expecting everything for nothing.

 

You seem to think I'm sided with the Moral Majority and the conservatives. I very clearly stated that I would have nothing to do with either of them, as I don't think they have the interests of my country in their tiny brains. They're all selfish. Anyone who bothers with politics deserves no respect. It's all a joke, which is what I've been trying to point out. I certainly despise the liberals more than the conservatives, but I believe both sides are wrong.

 

If you think I'm wrong, listen to NPR for a few days and tell me the liberals aren't worthless.

 

It's obvious to me that you don't get it, which is what I would expect from a liberal - close-minded to anything you don't agree with. Every Republican I've ever come across is reasoning when I speak views that don't agree with them. The liberals though...They'll exclude you from their little clique and brand you satan himself if you believe in gun rights or if you don't believe in global warming or if you shop at Wal Mart. Liberals are the most pathetic people in the world. They expect free health care. They want everyone else to suffer because they do. They want the government to take care of them, because they can't do it themselves. I could go on and on with this, but it won't get anywhere, because people don't see liberalism for what it truly is. Most conservatives I've met are more liberal than the liberals I've met.

 

From what I've seen in all of the GTA games, they really do rag on liberals more than the conservatives, but I really think they're of a similar opinion to mine when it comes to politics - It's all a joke. I'm done with this nonsense, it's boring now. These are my beliefs, my standards for life. I don't care if you don't get it, I can sleep peacefully knowing that I take care of myself and don't depend on anyone for anything. I don't have to depend on the government for my needs.

 

1) I know enough about politics to know that none of it is needed. We'd be much better off without any of it.

 

Oh please, just shut the hell up. I know for a fact that you are a brainless, right wing idiot, possibly without higher education. Stop pretending that you take no part in American politics, because, whether you like it or not, you are definitly thinking on the far right.

 

2) They want the government to take care of them, because they can't do it themselves.

 

I almost flipped out when I read this. Clearly you don't understand that there are thousands and thousands of poor people in the United States, in need of government help. You may be thinking, "Oh, well those people deserve to be poor, because they didn't pay attention in school, and they didn't make the best of themselves in this capitalist government." Well what about the people who came from a poor background, or people who immigrated to the United States who have nothing? you my friend, are a selfish son of a bitch. Enough said.

 

3)From what I've seen in all of the GTA games, they really do rag on liberals more than the conservatives

 

Ok, you are retarded for believing this. Gta 4 is obviously, without a doubt, making more fun of the right wing then the left. The whole weasel news thing, is heard on almost every radio station from time to time, and wktt has the most absurd right wing bulls**t i've ever heard in my life. Sure, there is a liberal station too, but its not nearly as absurd as wktt.

[General Goose]

Extreme right is a lot more OTT and mockable then the extreme left. While both are OTT and mockable, for comedians, it is funnier and easier to mock the right, by portraying them as extreme right, and vice versa with the left.

[vinnygorgeous]

The system is a joke, it would be hard not to poke fun at it!