spujb@lemmy.cafe to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 12 days agolemmy user(ule)s: "this sign won't stop me because i can't read"lemmy.cafeimagemessage-square194fedilinkarrow-up1535arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1530arrow-down1imagelemmy user(ule)s: "this sign won't stop me because i can't read"lemmy.cafespujb@lemmy.cafe to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square194fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·11 days agoSelective presence of empathy is exactly equivalent to selective lack of empathy, which is a type of lack of empathy.
minus-squareareyouevenreallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 days agoExcept that literally everyone who has empathy does selective empathy, even if not intentionally. You also can’t really form an in-group and out-group mindset without empathy. Like if there was no empathy at all bigotry wouldn’t be nearly as big.
Selective presence of empathy is exactly equivalent to selective lack of empathy, which is a type of lack of empathy.
Except that literally everyone who has empathy does selective empathy, even if not intentionally. You also can’t really form an in-group and out-group mindset without empathy. Like if there was no empathy at all bigotry wouldn’t be nearly as big.