Brutality-Desensitization Process Nearly Complete
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Brutality-Desensitization Process Nearly Complete
CAMBRIDGE, MA—The desensitization of U.S. citizens to acts of brutal violence—an ongoing process by which Americans become increasingly inured to savagery and mayhem—is nearly complete, sociologists at Harvard’s Media Research Laboratory reported Monday.
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February 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Brutality-Desensitization Process Nearly Complete
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Please stop saying TACO. We’re talking about an ungodly number of people who could die or maimed. It’s not time for cutesy little internet slang. We have to get away from this bizarre desensitization.
April 7, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Please stop saying TACO. We’re talking about an ungodly number of people who could die or maimed. It’s not time for cutesy little internet slang. We have to get away from this bizarre desensitization.
Desensitization training
February 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Desensitization training
I think most people are intuitively aware of this but something like the official White House account posting an “ASMR” video of shackled immigrants is not just cruel for its own sake, it’s intentional envelope-pushing to ramp up to desensitization over inhumane detention, camps, and deaths
February 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I think most people are intuitively aware of this but something like the official White House account posting an “ASMR” video of shackled immigrants is not just cruel for its own sake, it’s intentional envelope-pushing to ramp up to desensitization over inhumane detention, camps, and deaths
the earliest ancestor to 4chan was a website that hosted a game where you recreate the sarin gas attack, online desensitization to tragedy began long ago and it’s been a race to the bottom since
February 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
the earliest ancestor to 4chan was a website that hosted a game where you recreate the sarin gas attack, online desensitization to tragedy began long ago and it’s been a race to the bottom since
I have hit the point in the puppy desensitization program where I turn on the nail grinder and he comes running because he knows that means treats are forthcoming!
July 19, 2026 at 12:19 AM
I have hit the point in the puppy desensitization program where I turn on the nail grinder and he comes running because he knows that means treats are forthcoming!
The inevitable desensitization of seeing so many Pikmins die
February 20, 2026 at 4:06 AM
The inevitable desensitization of seeing so many Pikmins die
clockwork orange desensitization scene but it's just someone being forced to watch every season of scrubs on loop
January 30, 2025 at 12:17 AM
clockwork orange desensitization scene but it's just someone being forced to watch every season of scrubs on loop
Imagine mistaking your own desensitization for calm.
September 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Imagine mistaking your own desensitization for calm.
I realize this last one is a LITTLE DIFFERENT in the dog desensitization area but it's great for paw handling!
July 19, 2026 at 12:44 AM
I realize this last one is a LITTLE DIFFERENT in the dog desensitization area but it's great for paw handling!
Desensitization works well when the entire mainstream media is on your side.
February 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Desensitization works well when the entire mainstream media is on your side.
The Desensitization of America
The Desensitization of America
Where did empathy go?
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April 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The Desensitization of America
one of the things that was most jarring about being undercover in nazi chatrooms for my book was how often violent videos were posted in the channels. executions, murders, blood. purposeful desensitization to violence can be detached from ideology and just entail inurement to the sight of death
memes and violence and racism and antisemitism all meld together in the acidic stew a ton of young men dip their heads in daily online, and that shit can cook your brain fast
September 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
one of the things that was most jarring about being undercover in nazi chatrooms for my book was how often violent videos were posted in the channels. executions, murders, blood. purposeful desensitization to violence can be detached from ideology and just entail inurement to the sight of death
The Desensitization of America
A piece I wrote this week about my own experience with gun violence & how we've allowed such appalling behavior become widely acceptable.
A piece I wrote this week about my own experience with gun violence & how we've allowed such appalling behavior become widely acceptable.
The Desensitization of America
Where did empathy go?
chasingoz.substack.com
December 19, 2024 at 7:46 PM
The Desensitization of America
A piece I wrote this week about my own experience with gun violence & how we've allowed such appalling behavior become widely acceptable.
A piece I wrote this week about my own experience with gun violence & how we've allowed such appalling behavior become widely acceptable.
Thank you for your insight. Minimization creates desensitization - creates apathy.
May 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Thank you for your insight. Minimization creates desensitization - creates apathy.
Desensitization training
October 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Desensitization training
Desensitization is their entire platform.
May 15, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Desensitization is their entire platform.
Desensitization is a very real goal of fascists and other authoritarians, but some people think they're somehow fighting it by mocking anyone having a rational reaction to actual horrors.
July 12, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Desensitization is a very real goal of fascists and other authoritarians, but some people think they're somehow fighting it by mocking anyone having a rational reaction to actual horrors.
I'm coming to the frightening conclusion that utter ideological disregard for the Constitution and desensitization to corruption are both so widespread in the American political class at this point that a lot of Democrats genuinely do not see what everyone's so freaked out about right now.
It is time to look to the future.
The challenges that face America are many and great.
The Senate must respond with resolve, bipartisanship, and fidelity to the working and middle class of this country.
The challenges that face America are many and great.
The Senate must respond with resolve, bipartisanship, and fidelity to the working and middle class of this country.
January 21, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I'm coming to the frightening conclusion that utter ideological disregard for the Constitution and desensitization to corruption are both so widespread in the American political class at this point that a lot of Democrats genuinely do not see what everyone's so freaked out about right now.
It’s all about desensitization.
December 21, 2024 at 4:59 PM
It’s all about desensitization.
When the interviewer knows how to steer the conversation, you get brilliant commentary like this.
@atrupar.com’s analysis on desensitization was spot on, and @theintellectualist.bsky.social set it up brilliantly for @lincolnsquare.media - definitely worth the watch.
@atrupar.com’s analysis on desensitization was spot on, and @theintellectualist.bsky.social set it up brilliantly for @lincolnsquare.media - definitely worth the watch.
Nothing shocks us anymore—and that's exactly the problem. @atrupar.com stopped by Lincoln Square to discuss why desensitization is destroying democracy
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July 31, 2026 at 7:50 PM
When the interviewer knows how to steer the conversation, you get brilliant commentary like this.
@atrupar.com’s analysis on desensitization was spot on, and @theintellectualist.bsky.social set it up brilliantly for @lincolnsquare.media - definitely worth the watch.
@atrupar.com’s analysis on desensitization was spot on, and @theintellectualist.bsky.social set it up brilliantly for @lincolnsquare.media - definitely worth the watch.
Good thread, and Musk has turned X into a desensitization accelerator.
The purpose and effects of racist and bigoted jokes on the far-right 🧵
October 15, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Good thread, and Musk has turned X into a desensitization accelerator.
Desensitization of the public in preparation for the discovery of the snuff films Epstein created.
April 10, 2026 at 5:33 AM
Desensitization of the public in preparation for the discovery of the snuff films Epstein created.