You should not take the bait and make empathy an object of debate anyone who says that we need to get rid of empathy is someone you do not debate with, it is someone you ignore or, if that isn't possible, you destroy. Simple as.
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I've argued that you shouldn't need to be able to empathise to extend compassion and kindness to others. That we often use empathy to push our own conclusions upon people instead of listening and extending solidarity to them. Now I have to shut up as the line has moved in a more stupid direction.
exactly. it's extremely frustrating but this is a classic situation where folks who want to have a good faith philosophical discussion (I agree w/u re: empathy) need to prioritize not getting their good faith curiosity played by nazi sociopaths arguing for total genocide
It's so fucking bleak. Ffs, my broken ass brain struggles hard with empathy and even I went "no, this is important, I need to train myself to act with empathy as my default reaction" back in my early 20s.
The dismissal of empathy is a dismissal of society. Empathy is the foundation.
it is absolutely a struggle to develop sometimes and it is something that needs to be cultivated and it is often over-relied on or taken in the place of ethics or politics but someone arguing it must be removed from society? that's an enemy of all that is beautiful
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If that person has any power over other people, that is a Nazi.
If they don’t have power, they are rubes who think the Nazis will help them.
The dismissal of empathy is a dismissal of society. Empathy is the foundation.