No, I disagree. I have empathy for all humans, no matter who. When I hear that some natural catastrophe occurs, I don't need to know details about those affected to feel for them. There was a time when I was a child when that wasn't true, but since some point in my childhood it is.

That coincided with the point in time when I started leaning very left.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (11 children)

That’s not what empathy means. Empathy is the capacity to put yourself in someone else’s shoes and understand how they are feeling, not to feel bad for them when they’re not doing well.

What you’re describing is more like sympathy.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (10 children)

Yes, and I don't need to know the details of someone's life to do so. Do you? You can't feel empathy for e.g. Floridians who recently went through that hurricane?

not to feel bad for them when they’re not doing well

That's also a form of empathy. You get that, right?

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You get that, right?

I wonder how it feels to be talked to like this.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

How should I know? I don't know chonglibloodsport enough to know how they’re going to respond to something even before they do.

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