A More Dangerous Error: Demonizing Psychiatric Medications

More concerning than blaming games is RFK Jr.'s listing of "psychiatric medications" as a potential cause of school shootings. These medications are well-known to be important tools for helping adolescents alleviate anxiety, depression, and violent impulses. Stigmatizing them will not only prevent more children from receiving appropriate treatment but will also further exacerbate tragedies.

Opinion and Commentary

RFK Jr.'s remarks not only demonstrate his anti-scientific, conspiracy-theory mindset once again (he has also claimed "chemtrails cause illness" and "WiFi causes brain leakage"), but also directly obstruct society's attention to and resolution of real problems. The continued use of video games as a "scapegoat" represents a dangerously lazy form of attribution—it obscures the essential nature of social structural contradictions and gun proliferation.

In my view, RFK Jr.'s statements are not laughable, but lethal. As Health Secretary, he holds policy discourse power, yet chooses to spread false causation, mislead the public, and undermine trust in the mental health system. This "misattribution" is far more dangerous than games themselves—because it deprives the already serious school shooting crisis of any hope for improvement.

Conclusion: Video games are not the cause of school shootings, but RFK Jr.'s erroneous statements and policy orientation are likely to make the school shooting problem even worse.