Empathy is for members of any social species. Even the felons have to use it if they want to be convincing con artists.
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Empathy is the best tool
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It's gonna get pretty dark awfully quick for the nuts if they ever manage to truly convince the rest of us that empathy is the problem with america today.
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 (June 28, 2025 at 2:41 pm)Rizen Wrote: Empathy is for losers and I say that as an observable fact, not to be inflammatory. We just elected a convicted rapist, felon and fraud who want to force Christianity upon the country. Where's the empathy in that? Nice guys finish last. People respond to strength, not empathy. I don't see any utility in that. Even if it's true, the proper action is to change it, not to accept it.
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Albert Einstein  (June 28, 2025 at 2:43 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: The concept of empathy as a tool bothers me. To me it smacks of something you emulate to get something you want. It sounds manipulative to me, and it sounds too much like faking empathy. 'When your only tool is empathy, everyone else's problem looks like yours.' - Kal-El, inveterate do-gooder. Boru
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 (June 30, 2025 at 5:08 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(June 28, 2025 at 2:43 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: The concept of empathy as a tool bothers me. To me it smacks of something you emulate to get something you want. It sounds manipulative to me, and it sounds too much like faking empathy. Which I suppose is a good tactic until you find a problem that legitimately isn't like yours.
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![[Image: harmlesskitchen.png]](https://i.postimg.cc/yxR97P23/harmlesskitchen.png) I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad. (June 12, 2025 at 4:46 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: @Forever Sophist Frankly, these days, it seems like a divine command is probably far more of an impediment to empathy than anything else.
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