• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Here’s a thought experiment for you: What if they didn’t put the child’s photo right at the top so I see it in the thumbnail here without even clicking on the article, which is my issue.

    There is nothing I can shut down and of course I would go shopping because I have a family to support. And other people have themselves to support. People aren’t going to just lay down and starve to death.

    As far as cracking jokes, people who work in emergency trauma units on battlefields crack jokes. Probably more than you do, just to get through it. And they are able to get on with their lives despite seeing endless horror.

    You know what happens when you see that all the time? Desensitization. You stop caring about seeing it because you know you’ll keep seeing it.

    I’m amazed you don’t understand the concept of desensitization. It’s been used all over the world to get people to accept atrocities as normal.

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      4 months ago

      Yikes.

      If something terrible happens to you and your family ill be sure to take your advice and not think about so as not to feel bad. I’ll also encourage everyone else to ignore it, so they don’t have to feel bad.

      You completely missed my point. People aren’t going to become desensitized to the point of magically transforming into sociopaths. That’s not how that works but you don’t care.

      People like you are the reason these atrocities continue. Whatever dude.

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        4 months ago

        If something terrible happens to you and your family ill be sure to take your advice and not think about so as not to feel bad.

        This is a lie. I gave no such advice, nor would I. Why are you lying?

        People like you are the reason these atrocities continue.

        What a disgusting thing to say. I don’t control the media. I don’t have the power to stop pedophiles. None of this is within my control whatsoever. I cannot stop anyone from raping and murdering a child. I cannot stop anyone from doing anything.