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**** you know worships this show, that's a major red flag. Sons of Anarchy is basically an ode to violence and really, REALLY bad life choices. This show would actually be hilarious if it wasn't so sad and desperate. Men aren't this pathetic in real life. Every single characters' solution to every problem is... guns! And more guns! Guess where that gets them? I wasn't asking for a cautionary tale when I watched this. I don't hate guns. I wasn't asking for a cohesive plot or well-developed characters. I just wanted to see a fun tv show. Not angry man-children doing stuff for the sake of plot twists. There were some elements I found genuinely enjoyable (Charlie Hunnam's arc seems interesting enough, Katey Segal is great for the first couple of seasons, Walton Goggins is soo fun and hilarious; the moral dilemmas are quite relatable and some of the issues around social injustice seemed promising). The thing is: this show started out as a "guy wants a better future for himself and his family" kinda story, but quickly evolved into "the audience likes to see violence so let's give them that" kind of story. It's like the show's developers think we're complete morons and they couldn't even be bothered to respect us in the slightest. I don't know about you, but I don't respect a show that doesn't respect the audience. Sons of Anarchy relies solely on cheap tricks and violence, and violence, and more violence. This show is a toxic fantasy. None - I mean NONE - of this is realistic. The men who worship this show (let's face it, it's almost always men) look up to bonafide aholes. Characters who "solve" problems by shooting at them and facing next to zero consequences. And yeah, I get that guys think "GUNS AND BIKES ARE COOL WHY U GETTING UPSET YOU *******, THIS SHOW IS AWOSOMMM". To those guys I say: get help. Please. PLEASE. And to the girls who are reading this, if you're dating a Sons of Anarchy fan, dump him now.