RE: My (probably unpopular) opinion on arab refugees
December 6, 2016 at 10:26 pm
(This post was last modified: December 6, 2016 at 10:27 pm by Catholic_Lady.)
(December 6, 2016 at 10:21 pm)wallym Wrote:(December 6, 2016 at 5:37 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: As an admitted sociopath, you seem confused about which if us would have trouble empathizing.
They keep saying it because it's a fallacy, and you keep making it. The discussion is about what we should do, not about how things are. We don't have to do things the same way we used to, no matter how practical your observations are. That my moral objections don't matter to anyone but me is easily tested: does anyone else reading this care about my moral objections?
Unsupported assertion, dismissed as such.
1) Empathy has two applications. There's understanding how and why someone feels a certain way by looking at things from their perspective. That I enjoy doing, and partake in it as sincerely and fully as possible. And then there's caring about those people/feelings, which I don't really do.
Honest curiosity at this point. Do you ever feel sorry for anyone? Like when you see those commercials on TV about sending money to poor children in Africa or something. And they show all these little children living in poverty. Does it hurt your heart in any way to see that?
Oh and for the record, I don't have depression.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
