Being desensitized is a means of selfprotection or adaptation/coping in a certain way. Look at how we're used to a mass amount of information or impulses (MTV, videos, commercials, ...) every day.
Ever noticed how a lot of older people can't cope with it ? It actually hurts for them, and they're not used to it.
If that mass of information or someone saying 'fuck' had that same impact every single time it happened, we probably wouldn't be able to deal with it. Maybe also becos, after the first time, you've developed a way to handle it, or you can compare with that first time.
At the same time it means we have a much higher tolerance for stuff that shouldn't always be tolerated. Some sort of accepting it, just cos it happens so often.
So being desensitized makes you stop caring about/for other people, which I think is something to be aware of.
'We've got to change our own minds about each other. We have to see each other with new eyes. We have to see each other as brothers and sisters. We have to come together with warmth'
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