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In reply to the discussion: I can not have a friend who is a Republican.. [View all]pipi_k
(21,020 posts)of compassion and/or empathy points to a condition a person can't help.
http://psychcentral.com/news/2013/07/06/narcissists-lack-of-empathy-tied-to-less-gray-matter/56907.html
IOW, they're not actively choosing to be that way.
So I think it's horrendously sad to read that a parent would "love" their child but not give him the time of day because the kid might suffer from a disability he didn't ask for.
I guess my sadness also goes for anyone else here who doesn't feel he or she can be friends with someone lacking basic "Liberal" empathy.
Especially since there's so much fondness for calling Teabaggers and other RWers "batshit crazy".
So if they're "crazy", they probably can't help it. Which means people are looking down on them and slamming them for being something they can't help being. Like tall. Or short. Or female. Or black.
Not a very "progressive" attitude, IMO.
PS...just wanted to add that I have friends from all over the political spectrum, and I have never been told by a Conservative or Republican that I'm "too liberal" for them to bother with. They have never made me feel like I was not worth their time.