• disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    How do people cope with repeated exposure to trauma? If you ask any first responder, it’ll be sarcasm every time. Dehumanizing the situation is a defense mechanism for psychological survival.

    What is the point of all of the rageful, hateful fearmongering about ‘foreigners’ from right wing media?

    This is the point.