@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 3 months agolemmy user(ule)s: "this sign won't stop me because i can't read"lemmy.cafeimagemessage-square192fedilinkarrow-up1533arrow-down125file-text
arrow-up1508arrow-down1imagelemmy user(ule)s: "this sign won't stop me because i can't read"lemmy.cafe@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 3 months agomessage-square192fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•3 months agoMy guy still thinks bigotry is caused by lack of empathy. It’s actually selective empathy that helps encourage bigots.
minus-square@FeathercrownlinkEnglish5•3 months agoSelective presence of empathy is exactly equivalent to selective lack of empathy, which is a type of lack of empathy.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•3 months agoExcept that literally everyone who has empathy does selective empathy, even if not intentionally. You also can’t really form an in-group and out-group mindset without empathy. Like if there was no empathy at all bigotry wouldn’t be nearly as big.
My guy still thinks bigotry is caused by lack of empathy. It’s actually selective empathy that helps encourage bigots.
Selective presence of empathy is exactly equivalent to selective lack of empathy, which is a type of lack of empathy.
Except that literally everyone who has empathy does selective empathy, even if not intentionally. You also can’t really form an in-group and out-group mindset without empathy. Like if there was no empathy at all bigotry wouldn’t be nearly as big.
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