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Bro it’s kinda sickening to me that sooooo many Americans’ main issue with the war in Iran is that gas prices have gone up. THAT is your main focus? You’re complaining about gas being up 11 cents when people are unnecessarily DYING in the Middle East rn
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Anonymous 3w

Just shows where some people’s priorities are… be a human

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Anonymous 3w

Americans would dump battery acid into a lake and then complain when dead fish start washing up on the shore. A country of people who are singing for their supper but don’t want to make it

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Anonymous 3w

My arabic tutor lives in southern lebanon and had to flee north at 4am yesterday. Had a call with him later and he hung up halfway through the call cause he thought there was an airstrike Im havent even thought about the gas prices. Some people need the perspective to see that were lucky that gas is our biggest concern right now.

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Anonymous 3w

Wait—are you actually against this?

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 3w

A lot of people who identify as conservative genuinely don’t feel any sort of empathy for humans who aren’t their direct family or close friends. ‘I don’t know how to explain to you that you should care about other people somewhat’ or however it goes

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Anonymous replying to -> fuuuckyikyak 3w

They have empathy, but it’s selective and self serving. Conservatives will only care about people if told they should care about people OR if they can get something out of it. Always boils down to one or both of those reasons

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Anonymous replying to -> just_peachy_ 3w

I mean I guess that’s what I’m saying, they do have empathy for people very close to them but rarely beyond 1st or 2nd level relationships. They can be motivated to do things for the good of those others when convinced (Nigerian Christians for example) but I wouldn’t call that empathy, more like response to manipulation from the top that looks like empathy at a glance.

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Anonymous replying to -> fuuuckyikyak 3w

Not trying to be too dramatic but it’s just wild the number of times I’ve been taking about some foreign conflict with a conservative leaning person where they’ve said that they don’t really care what happens to gazans or Ukrainians…etc., it’s not their problem and they think they have no part to play in it

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Anonymous replying to -> fuuuckyikyak 3w

That’s a good way of putting it

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