1. This moral panic is either overblown or wildly inconsistent.
As the issue at heart is young people's screen time, the article did nothing to demonstrate that it is not overblown. Old people watch TV is not a comeback that negates the young people's issue.
Is the moral panic inconsistent? Hell yes, and for very obvious reasons. The negatives matter a 100 times more for people at the beginning of their lives, as well as for our future as a whole.
2. If it's impossible to imagine the same kind of government restriction being proposed for aging adults, why accept it for other groups?
Because they're old. Old means you're close to death. Pretty much nothing matters anymore.
As the issue at heart is young people's screen time, the article did nothing to demonstrate that it is not overblown. Old people watch TV is not a comeback that negates the young people's issue.
Is the moral panic inconsistent? Hell yes, and for very obvious reasons. The negatives matter a 100 times more for people at the beginning of their lives, as well as for our future as a whole.
2. If it's impossible to imagine the same kind of government restriction being proposed for aging adults, why accept it for other groups?
Because they're old. Old means you're close to death. Pretty much nothing matters anymore.