Maurice never makes this assumption. In fact, neither Maurice nor Jane addresses the popularity of banning violence in movies and TV shows.

Maurice never confuses a subjective judgment with an objective description. He also never discusses “moral permissibility” at all. He just says that Jane is advocating for censorship.

This describes Maurice’s key flaw. He argues that violent TV shows and movies can’t cause violence among young people simply because violence among young people used to occur before movies and TV shows existed.

Maurice cites the fact that “violence among young people predates movies and television by centuries.” This fact can certainly be verified.

This is the cookie-cutter flaw of “equivocation,” where The author uses a term inconsistently. Maurice simply doesn’t do this. He uses the term “violence” consistently throughout his argument.