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I_UndergroundPanther

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14. I have not lost my empathy

Thu Oct 29, 2020, 10:38 AM

Oct 2020

I am just selective on how I apply it.

I cannot empathize with somebody seeking my ruin.

I have no empathy for abusers,or dark triad personalities.

Hate can be a survival response.

I know all of us on DU feel threatened by the right wing tyrants making our country in liveable.

Hating the people doing that makes hate a way to identify and vote out those who seek our suffering and ruin. We are having a normal self protective reaction against toxic personalities and abuse.

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I've lost any illusions of my own empathy under Trump [View all] Cyrano Oct 2020 OP

I hear you, but I haven't lost my empathy for two reasons marylandblue Oct 2020 #1

I have tried choosing empathy Cirque du So-What Oct 2020 #3

Everybody is a hypocrite by definition. marylandblue Oct 2020 #7

I'm relatively certain Cirque du So-What Oct 2020 #9

How many times can you get kicked while you're down Bettie Oct 2020 #10

Good post. cwydro Oct 2020 #20

Some of the wisest words I have read in years The Mouth Oct 2020 #30

I too find my empathetic inclinations challenged these past four years Cirque du So-What Oct 2020 #2

This is one of the most profound effects of Trump's ascendency. enough Oct 2020 #4

I agree, Cyrano, volstork Oct 2020 #5

I understand completely.... nebby70 Oct 2020 #6

You speak for me too chia Oct 2020 #8

I totally agree with you. Freedomofspeech Oct 2020 #11

We didn't have empathy for fascists in WW2. roamer65 Oct 2020 #12

+1 Justice must always precede Ponietz Oct 2020 #28

There's nothing wrong with you Leith Oct 2020 #13

I have not lost my empathy I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2020 #14

I recall Voltaire's quote about making people believe in absurdities can make them commit atrocities BSdetect Oct 2020 #15

Empathy is a sign of weakness to Republicans Zorro Oct 2020 #16

right?! barbtries Oct 2020 #41

It's hard, and I'm on the path there. Ms. Toad Oct 2020 #17

I think wishing him dead IS showing empathy, just not for him, but rather for all of those deurbano Oct 2020 #39

It's part and parcel of their depressed/suicical state. Ms. Toad Oct 2020 #44

It'll return. You're just in an abusive relationship. ffr Oct 2020 #18

Speaking of Moscow Mitch, several months back I had a dream about him..... KS Toronado Oct 2020 #37

Your empathy is rationally conditional that's normal for a logical human being. Can you be merciful uponit7771 Oct 2020 #19

It's OK to hate the embodiment of pure evil. ananda Oct 2020 #21

I have none for trump-pets either llashram Oct 2020 #22

This is getting expensive... OxQQme Oct 2020 #23

Good Buddha quote. Thanks. calimary Oct 2020 #35

Wait, what? Confused as to why you are lumping Trump's kidnapping victims BusyBeingBest Oct 2020 #24

Reread it...."And as for those WHO kidnapped children" StarryNite Oct 2020 #31

Yes, I added an edit, I am a slowpoke this morning. BusyBeingBest Oct 2020 #33

I'm still a bleeding-heart liberal, and I wanted those freezing Trumpers to be ok. dawg Oct 2020 #25

This war will harden us, we must try to mute the impact on our souls bucolic_frolic Oct 2020 #26

one of the reasons i hate republicans and trump so much barbtries Oct 2020 #27

Reread my OP. I'm referring to the border patrol, Cyrano Oct 2020 #47

i knew that. barbtries Oct 2020 #49

Sorry, I just reread your post. Cyrano Oct 2020 #50

Thanks Cyrano. barbtries Oct 2020 #51

Just a thought about that: RVN VET71 Oct 2020 #29

4 months. barbtries Oct 2020 #42

It seems to me that you are feeling anger and pain. cate94 Oct 2020 #32

I don't think you've completely lost the ability wnylib Oct 2020 #34

I am the same way. nycbos Oct 2020 #36

People have become meaner and nastier under this administration. Initech Oct 2020 #38

I have great empathy for all creatures great and small OriginalGeek Oct 2020 #40

I think the fantasy of not caring helps in not feeling powerless. nolabear Oct 2020 #43

It is always in us, all the time. Caliman73 Oct 2020 #45

Humans are an overrated species. My empathy was segregated long ago. miyazaki Oct 2020 #46

The empathy is there, it is for treestar Oct 2020 #48