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groundloop

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22. I think it's something more basic than that.... we've become desensitized to the carnage
Tue Oct 3, 2017, 05:07 PM
Oct 2017

Mass murder and gun violence has become so common that we routinely filter it out and ignore it. Only when something more horrific than the previous most horrific act in history happens do we wake up just a bit and get pissed off. Then, after a few weeks of outrage we regain our numbness to it and go on our way.

K & R SunSeeker Oct 2017 #1
Anyone expecting a different result? IronLionZion Oct 2017 #2
Sigh mcar Oct 2017 #3
If only it were funny....huge sigh JDC Oct 2017 #4
When The Onion suddenly gets very serious. nt Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2017 #5
our national disease. no cure for the 2nd amendment. cept that well regulated part. pansypoo53219 Oct 2017 #6
2nd A only an issue due to GOP identity politics sharedvalues Oct 2017 #18
. Achilleaze Oct 2017 #7
Well, it really is pretty much true. The cat is out of the bag. 7962 Oct 2017 #8
The cat out of the bag dogandturtlemom Oct 2017 #16
Text SILENCERS to 64433. US House trying to gut silencer regs this week. calimary Oct 2017 #9
yup Doreen Oct 2017 #10
I want one on the disappearance of Puerto Rico. Did it just sink Hortensis Oct 2017 #11
Onion is dead on !!! uponit7771 Oct 2017 #12
This is exactly how I feel, and told a conservative I work with this today when he said "What can we adigal Oct 2017 #13
I wonder what the collective diagnosis for America would be if Solly Mack Oct 2017 #14
K & R Lifelong Protester Oct 2017 #15
Also from the Onion Loyd Oct 2017 #17
In other words, we see mass shootings the way we see hurricanes. Towlie Oct 2017 #19
I think it's something more basic than that.... we've become desensitized to the carnage groundloop Oct 2017 #22
k and r niyad Oct 2017 #20
I love the Onion Gothmog Oct 2017 #21
Breaking news: "Maniac hurls 100 knives a second from hotel room into crowd, kills 59 & wounds 500+ klook Oct 2017 #23
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