I think we're facung a sort of empathy epidemic/gap/deficit... in that we, as a society, don't have anywhere near enough. Biden, who literally helped fund/directly supported a genocide, was known for being "empathetic."
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Loke, we recognize when someone has none (like complete narcissists like our current president) but then wrongly assume that some pathy for some people, sometimes, is enough. It's not. Empathy means you have to extend it to everyone. It doesn't mean you have to be nice, or respectful, or agree...
Empathy is hard, it takes constant effort and continuous relearning. It requires listening and trying to do better. It does NOT mean rolling over when someone else clearly has none. Be relentless with your empathy, because people who have none are trying to destroy it.
And yes, you should ABSOLUTELY get fucking pissed at those people. You can want them to walk into an early grave on an individual basis, I do so regularly! But you can also acknowledge their existence AND the fact that shitty people beget shitty people and shitty circumstances do too.
For instance, MAGAts are pieces of shit. They know what they voted for, he told them repeatedly. We can also recognize that they are low-information bigots because the system they exist in tells them that, constantly, for fucking generations AND WE NEVER DID ANYTHING TO STOP THAT. Not really.
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Also it shouldn't matter, if you judge based on typos, i question your empathy (and priorities).