Anonymous #1 14w

*only imagine

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Anonymous #1 14w

have some empathy?? are you fucking kidding?? maybe being maga back in 2016 was excusable but after all that's happened, gtfo of here with that bullshit

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Anonymous #1 14w

these people quite literally delight in the suffering of their fellow human beings, they do not deserve my empathy

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Anonymous OP 14w

If we had empathy back then, we wouldn't be in this situation...

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Anonymous OP 14w

It will get harder and harder to extend a human hand the longer you retract it. We are seeing this with our own eyes!!!

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Anonymous #1 14w

if *they* had empathy at all we wouldn't be in this situation. what is the point in attempting to "extend the human hand" when they'd sooner cut it off than take it? i'm talking specifically people who are still maga in 2026, they are beyond hope

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Anonymous OP 14w

No. Everyone is responsible. The hold that exact same philosophy and that's why nobody gets along. You are so scared of the possibility of your hand getting chopped off that you won't use it at all. It's cowardly. And this is coming from a trans person!!

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Anonymous OP 14w

If YOU had empathy they would have empathy. If they had empathy you would have empathy. This is because you treat morality like a transaction rather than something unconditional

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Anonymous OP 14w

And they do the same thing!!!

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Anonymous OP 14w

Break the fucking cycle goddamnit!!!

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Anonymous OP 14w

You cannot call yourself good while simultaneously and deliberately discarding your fellow human, no matter how broken.

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Anonymous OP 14w

Are you sure YOU aren't one delighting in the suffering of YOUR fellow human beings?

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Anonymous OP 14w

We are quite literally watching them suffer.

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Anonymous OP 14w

And the worst part is that they induced this suffering themselves much like you did.

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Anonymous OP 14w

Chivalry is dead apparently.

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Anonymous #1 14w

bruh this is ridiculous, and i don't feel like responding to your 10 different comments so i'll just say i disagree and i don't think what you're saying makes any sense. if i had empathy they would??? i do and they don't... i can understand where some people aren't educated enough to understand what they're doing but they don't allow themselves to be educated at all, they hate anyone who is different from them and again delight in their suffering

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Anonymous #1 14w

they're suffering by their own hand, unlike everyone else to tried to vote against this bullshit. i have had plenty of discussions with maga people and it is almost entirely pointless, extending the hand so to speak, and nothing productive ever comes of it

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Anonymous OP 14w

i don't delight in their suffering, i just believe that they are getting what they wanted and voted for, nothing more to say

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Anonymous OP 14w

You don't have empathy. You extend care conditionally. Empathy cannot be conditional. Empathy happens when you understand someone from THEIR eyes not yours.

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Anonymous OP 14w

I used to think they are inherently hateful but I was gravely mistaken and I realize now that they are misled and misheard. The entire problem is that we keep voting AGAINST each other instead of voting FOR the things that we DO already agree on. There is much more common ground than you think but you can't see it when you squeeze your eyes shut out of fear.

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Anonymous OP 14w

Not delighting in their suffering is not the same thing as having empathy.

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Anonymous OP 14w

Something tells me you've never actually extended your hand genuinely...

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Anonymous #1 14w

having empathy does not equal wanting to be friends with and agreeing with morally devoid people. i can put myself in their shoes but that only gives explanation for behavior, it does not mean the behavior is justified

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Anonymous OP 14w

You don't know what empathy is then

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Anonymous #1 14w

how so?

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Anonymous OP 14w

Nobody's emotions can be invalid. Invalidating emotions (lack of empathy) is what causes people to act out on their emotions in ways that are harmful. You are responsible for this just like I was.

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Anonymous OP 14w

Empathy means understanding someone's emotions and FEELING where there are coming from and interacting with them through THEIR SCOPE

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Anonymous OP 14w

Having empathy means giving up your comfort

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Anonymous #1 14w

you are inherently hateful at the point that there is so much eduction available to you and so many people willing to help you and yet you still choose to continue in the same hateful way

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Anonymous OP 14w

You refuse to be accept discomfort. And to have a trans person tell you this should be really embarrassing.

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Anonymous OP 14w

Me?

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Anonymous OP 14w

How have i been hateful??

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Anonymous #1 14w

ok so i give up my comfort to what end? what would you have me do? try and genuinely understand why they celebrate our citizens being shot in the streets, for example?

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Anonymous OP 14w

You are the only one in this discussion with hate in your heart

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Anonymous OP 14w

they* sorry

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Anonymous OP 14w

YES!!!

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Anonymous OP 14w

You cannot understand how to fix a problem if you don't understand the problem itself

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Anonymous #1 14w

and what is the point of that exactly?

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Anonymous OP 14w

If you cannot see the value of having humanity, you're a lost cause. I trust you are smart enough to help yourself but I doubt it will be without suffering. Good luck!

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Anonymous #1 14w

i do understand the problem, this country has systemic racism issues and the trump administration has spurred that. they don't care about people being murdered by "federal officers" because they think them less than human, less than them. yes they are in part brainwashed but i don't believe that that justifies anything at all

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Anonymous OP 14w

That's not the problem, those are its symptoms.

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Anonymous #1 14w

ok what's the problem then?

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Anonymous OP 14w

I've already explained it to you. I told you you're a lost cause.

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Anonymous #1 14w

what? that we all just need to have more empathy for each other? fucking duh! except its a two way street, so have fun convincing maga to have empathy for your struggle as a trans person lmao

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Anonymous OP 14w

in a perfect world everyone would love and understand each other but it's way more grey than that, i trust you're smart enough to understand that

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Anonymous OP 14w

You're so close to the point it hurts that you keep missing it

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Anonymous OP 14w

Empathy cannot be demanded. It must be cultivated through example.

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Anonymous OP 14w

You have to practice empathy unconditionally if you want to see empathy in the world. Be the change you want to see otherwise it will never happen

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Anonymous OP 14w

A perfect world will never exist if you refuse to imagine it!!!

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Anonymous OP 14w

Our imagination is what creates the future and you've been imagining hostility and hatred. I can tell because I used to do the same thing.

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Anonymous OP 14w

We collectively set that tone. We are all responsible. That means you too.

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Anonymous OP 14w

By refusing to love and understand everyone YOU are creating a deeply imperfect world around you.

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Anonymous OP 14w

The world closest to me tends be very beautiful because that's why I chose through my mindset and my behavior. The only thing stopping you from seeing beauty all around you is YOUR MINDSET!!

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Anonymous OP 14w

Do you get it yet??

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Anonymous #1 14w

*what i chose

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Anonymous #1 14w

i'm not missing the point, you've made your point quite clear. what i'm missing is how i'm supposed to not hold ill will for the people that are ruining our country and causing the suffering of thousands, especially when they have absolutely no empathy for anyone else. again it's a two way street

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Anonymous OP 14w

By saying "it is what it is (grey)" you explicitly prohibit color!!!

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Anonymous OP 14w

Because it's the right thing to do!!!!

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Anonymous OP 14w

"There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right." - Martin Luther King Jr.

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Anonymous OP 14w

It's hard and it takes practice but it's not impossible. It starts by saying, "they are not evil, they are just embodying it"

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Anonymous OP 14w

You do it by replacing bad hateful thoughts with good ones, ones that are loving and grateful. Not because suffering and injustice don't exist but IN SPITE of them!

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Anonymous #1 14w

i am more than willing to hold space for people who leave maga and i hope for them that they all are disillusioned soon

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Anonymous OP 14w

I give up.

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Anonymous #1 14w

aww ok, nice talking to you and your 500 two sentence comments

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