Absolutely this. It's prevalent on this board. You fight with people who you call uneducated or dumb or whatever the case may be, if they say something you don't like. Rather than try to engage in conversation, you just call them names. You rag on rural people constantly, some of which belong to marginalized communities you claim you want to fight for. You act like you're better than people who live in the midwest. You don't know who's behind that keyboard. It could very well be a POC that you like to play white savior for. Your true colors are showing. |
I disagree as a liberal - I think we share many common traits as it pertains to politics. And my impression is that maga and republicans have now a shared culture and that scorn for empathy (as someone said ‘bleeding heart liberal’) is a big piece. |
I think this sums it up |
Because it costs you nothing to call someone by the name or pronouns they want to be called. It makes them feel happy and accepted and safe and it's easy to do. Not doing so makes them feel not accepted and not safe and makes it into a much bigger issue than necessary. Refusing to adopt someone's chosen pronouns feels like a lot of effort, where the entire point is to be a jerk and make another person feel bad. Can you explain why it's so important to you to not give someone such a small thing that is so important to them? Do you care about making people feel happy safe and accepted? Do you specifically want to send the message that they should not feel happy safe and accepted? |
I just want our leaders to speak nicely to each other, to not cause drama, to be honest, and to look out for the American people and not corporations or themselves.
Right now MAGA is not this. |
But do you not feel that trumps rhetoric is entirely based on, and has been successful in large part because of, a deep focus on victimhood, grievance and being ‘wronged’? How does that fit with your very high fallutin and purposefully pretentious explanation? |
Again - we are forced to do many things verbally all the time. Pronouns are no different. |
You wanna actually answer the questions or nah? It sounds like you're saying you don't want to do it because you think you're being forced. Is that true? And resisting that is more important to you than making someone feel safe and accepted? Is it specifically because the person is trans and thus does not matter to you? Or are you unable or unwilling to subjugate your own desires for anyone? |
It’s a real question. Culturally, contempt for empathy has become quite intrinsic to maga. I’m curious if this is deliberate, if this feels integral, etc. I get there are some expedient Trump voters but I think most are cultural converts at least to some extent. Trump barely articulated a plan but gained support based in large part on this aspect so it is important for us liberals to understand |
I’m agreeing with you dummy. |
More bitterness, eh? Show me how progressives have empathy for conservatives and conservative viewpoints. After all, how can they if they believe they are on the "right side of history" and conservatives aren't. It's why progressives are the most intolerant people around. The concept of empathy and progressives do not go hand in hand. |
So this proves that you have less empathy. I personally feel that it is gross to sit in judgement of those in need. I give freely as I can afford to do so. I realize that I am not in a position to judge the worthiness of strangers. It’s more than a little bit hypocritical that so many religious people are so judge mental and stingy with money. |
No this argument doesn’t work. Progressives have empathy for people in situations they cannot help. Not for people who make mean spirited choices as a result. Not all bad choices are mean spirited. |
That isn't true. |
To lack empathy entirely is, yes. But to have no limits to your empathy and to be blindly used by various groups who take advantage of your empathy because they know you’re soft is a mark of a psychiatric disorder as well. To draw an analogy to parenting. It’s bad to not have empathy for your kids but it’s worse to say yes to everything, never put your foot down, and be manipulated by their whining, cries of something not being fair, etc. The former type of parenting usually produces more self reliant children, who might feel unloved sometimes. The latter type of parenting produces kids who live in their parents’ basements until their 35. Pick your poison. |