“This jingle writing man INTENDED the cognitive dissonance of joy and murder.”
This is happening a lot in our culture right now. One example that I can think of is an APP game I was playing on my phone. You blow things up by placing little explosive colorful icons. But the pictures you blow up are all innocent, happy things. Gingerbread men, candy canes, flowers, sunshine. I noticed it and thought exactly what you noticed about the song: there is a cognitive dissonance to blowing up sweet, happy, symbols. Why would they do that? I stopped playing and uninstalled the game.
Twisted. I think that’s a good word for the culture right now.
That is exactly what I’m talking about. It concerns me. Why is it supposed to be cool and normal to juxtapose mass murder with a soda pop jingle but religious candidates are called “scary” by the mainstream?