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3. I can't watch the news medias coverage--gun tragedy porn

Sat Aug 31, 2019, 10:31 PM

Aug 2019

I can't tune out totally, but I just can't watch the "if it bleeds, it leads" coverage.

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I'm ashamed of myself for how I feel about all the shootings [View all] Poiuyt Aug 2019 OP

gun humpers have won Skittles Aug 2019 #1

I know what you are saying... Marie Marie Aug 2019 #2

I can't watch the news medias coverage--gun tragedy porn hlthe2b Aug 2019 #3

I'm with you..... Sogo Aug 2019 #4

Blase isn't what I'm feeling. Totally numb Boomerproud Aug 2019 #5

Maybe numb is a better word to how I feel Poiuyt Sep 2019 #15

I'm done. Initech Aug 2019 #6

Get Fired up and ready to go before the movie starts: Brother Buzz Aug 2019 #7

Thanks, retweeted. :( Cha Sep 2019 #14

I'm with you. Crunchy Frog Aug 2019 #8

I long ago have reached that point. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2019 #10

Cynicism is a defense mechanism lunatica Sep 2019 #11

+1000 smirkymonkey Sep 2019 #16

Sadly, quoting Bruce Hornsby's lyrics nitpicker Sep 2019 #13