I've had the unfortunate experience of dealing with someone of this caste, unfortunately. The truth is, the politician caste of people have an agenda (to truly understand what i mean by this, keep reading, because it's not the first thing that comes to mind), and it scarcely represents what comes out of their mouths. The one example i've dealt with before (unfortunately, the best i got was some vague references, but he's a communist who has ties to some slovenian politician in Ljubljana [he claims he wasn't interested in using his connections, but he was certainly guided by them]), the guy admitted he didn't believe in climate change, but instead believed in the legislation because his real goal was to curb CO2, because he believed CO2 was at the heart of violence in urban areas.

Similarly, I don't think anyone at that level honestly believes that violent games lead to violent crimes. My guess is they're more focused on video games as a whole, and see them as the thing that leads to chronic unemployment, and targeting the violent ones seems like a good avenue, since just about anything can be construed as violence. The violent crime then just becomes the excuse to do so. Gamergate was clearly another attempted angle at this, as the whole thing started with, well, this "game" and it's creator(s).

Frankly, this isn't about controlling the fringe, and until people start seeing it, this kind of BS will continue. These politicians have way too much power and way too much hubris to bother themselves with actual fringe elements, and tend to focus on controlling larger groups of people by exploiting events caused by fringe groups. How often do they actually do anything about actual fringe groups? You really think that the US military, for example, with it's ability to track Iranian operatives in various middle-eastern countries that are so war-torn it's not likely that you can get wifi service in them, yet they can't track gangs in the cities full of wifi and cell service everywhere? I understand a few internet trolls can hide from the US government, no trouble, thanks to VPNs and similar technology, but people who make physical appearances at the events of focus?

This should be painfully obvious from the fact that illegal immigraiton policies hurt the illegal immigrants more than anyone else (but still hurts everyone else), which seems counter intuitive at first, but becomes blindingly apparent when talking to them about their trips here (you wouldn't believe how many of them actually think they're coming here legally). Or how about how the George Floyd thing exploded, when in 2015 a black cop did the same hold on a white guy (good luck finding it, but i stumbled upon the video on youtube while looking for the george floyd video, because i was skeptical enough to watch it)? Turns out, common maneuver, and actually for the suspect's benefit (it's an attempt to prevent a heart attack by restricting movement with head control), but you're probably completely unaware of this, or of this case where a black cop "killed" a white guy using the exact same procedure. Or how about the press, themselves, calling COVID "just the flu," when caught with a hot mic they thought was off? Or what about Zuckerberg making false claims prior to banning fals COVID-vaccine claims on facebook? And then we have the WHO claiming no evidence of human-to-human transmission of SARS-CoV-2, which was touted by everyone for way, way too long and justified a lack of quarantine of China, leading to the whole pandemic (it was obvious on the face of it with basic understanding of infectious diseases that a disease primarily in the lungs would end up being transmissible). Oh, how about the claim that only vaccines result in antibodies, not real infections, increasing the risk in anaphylaxis and wasting vaccine doses instead of getting them to people who need them?

How can anyone honestly assume any degree of honesty from state governors or up at this point (regardless of party)? Just compare their words to their actions.