• phx@lemmy.ca
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      3 hours ago

      Or just when the impact of such is easier to imagine. We’ve already seen the shit-show that came from the 9-11 attacks. My first thought was less about the 200 people versus the tens or hundreds of thousands+ that would die due to reprisals

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      8 hours ago

      People also get scared when they’re told to be scared, regardless of any actual danger.

    • Flyberius [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      It’s telling that you think that someone’s only reaction to something like this might be fear for their own person. Rather than empathy, concern for others, outrage that something like this could be done to innocent people.

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        i mean its hard to be empathetic about 2000 people dying its kinda too much its hard to think about so many people as people its hard to think in that scale when it comes to people.

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        21 hours ago

        I don’t think that. The image reads “tensed up” and equates it to empathy when it’s indicative of fear. Then it suggests that you don’t have empathy because you don’t have the same visceral reaction to something that doesn’t instill fear for your life.

        Of course we’re concerned about this. I was pointing out that this post is suggesting that we’re not.