Better late than never! 🥳

  • vortic@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I’ve come to the conclusion that conservatives are just people whose sense of empathy is broken. Over and over I hear about conservatives who held bigoted beliefs and only changed their minds when confronted by someone they love becoming the target of other people’s identical bigoted beliefs. These people just can’t empathize enough to think “what if it was my child/spouse/friend?”

      • Aniki 🌱🌿
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        7 months ago

        I have much, much harsher words than selfish for how I describe these troglodytes.

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        7 months ago

        Well, It’s being selfish and lacking the forethought to muse about things that can happen to them too

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          7 months ago

          Yes, selfish and shortsighted. Far too often their selfishness manifests in behaviour that actually hurts them too. Even if they can’t be taught empathy, I’d settle for teaching them enlightened self interest.

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      7 months ago

      Indeed, although I would say it’s a more broad lack of cognitive ability. Low empathy, low intelligence and low capacity for abstract and critical thought. All of these make them easy to manipulate.

      Sadly, some of them have issues so severe that they will even reject their own children.

      Luckily, this father was capable of letting the love of his child overcome.

      Sometimes I think that someone should start some kind of religion to help manipulate them in a way that they love their children, neighbours and love peace.

      Then I think, that Jesus dude already tried, but with mixed results.

    • 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      7 months ago

      Anti-Lifers when they or their relatives need an abortion sometimes go from protest to clinic to protest.