Likewise why I'm done trying to "be the bigger man" when dealing with conservatives.
Maybe not, but there is a limit on how many times a human being can let themselves be called a Communist, a cuck, a Bugman, a soyboy, an "America/Western Culture hater" and far worse before they stop trying to be civil with people who have no interest in being civil.
Here's the thing though. Why do you believe that I don't have much empathy for actual real victims? I don't think we've ever argued about actual victims, you just sort of drop that comment in should I ever defend someone that you don't think is a victim. You have made the jump from me empathizing with people you don't care for to believing I therefore don't empathize with the people you do, and that's a non-sequitur. You judge me entirely because you believe in the idea of limited empathy, you think that empathy for different groups can be mutually exclusive, and that's just not true. A person can put themselves in the place of anyone. You can empathize with police and also empathize with the victims of police brutality. You can empathize with the rich and still empathize with the poor. You can empathize with Democrats and empathize with Republicans. You can in fact care about everyone. You assume that if I care about the rich, or the powerful, or the Republican, that means I don't care about other groups, and that's not true.
And that's reasonable. If someone gives you reason to resent them personally, I'm not going to fault you for resenting them. My issue is with the idea that there's only so much empathy to go around. If feeling for one group means the opposite group gets treated as sub-human, violence is the inevitable outcome no matter who you choose to care for.
This is the sort of line that comes straight out of the mouths of people who a few hours later, unthinkingly or deliberately, voice support of policies that kill thousands of people. It is a hypocritical, posturing vacuity: appearing to respect life without actually doing anything to save lives.
You're saying that condemning grave-dancing is hypocritical because you predict that I'll say something to contradict it in the future?
I don't believe you.
No, I'm saying that the true measure of someone's respect for life is a great deal more than them showing a spot of glee at idiots getting themselves hospitalised.
I don't think I believe you. If someone truly respects life, their words will reflect that.
But do they?
It's because they're not pro-life; they're pro-control. They want to decide who lives and who dies.
You know how, in some movies, the hero will risk his life to save the life of the villain, usually when he's about to fall off a cliff?
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I read the entire article. This doesn't describe what happens when "you run out of empathy", this describes a condition brought about by continually stressful and emotionally draining work. It seems to be called compassion fatigue because it is specific to those whose work involves caring for others, to differentiate it from just normal work burnout. Of course, it can explain how some people have such a callous disregard for human life, they are simply experiencing mood swings or detachment. If this is they case, they need to treat their condition, perhaps even seeking professional help.I haven't had a dream in years. I worked at a small business that provided critical support for several other small businesses that couldn't exist without our help, both of which run by assholes that refused to do the bare minimum in helping me stay alive and healthy.Compassion Fatigue: Symptoms to Look For
What is compassion fatigue, and how can you recognize the signs? Learn what causes compassion fatigue, what the signs are, and how you can avoid or treat it.
Until I got laid off from my job two weeks ago because it's circling the drain. I've started having dreams again. I missed them.
And then the villain betrays the hero at the last second, giving the hero a socially acceptable reason to kill the villain, and the audience cheers.
Or, in some cases, the hero succeeds in saving the villain, so both survive.
I'm in the audience, cackling when the villain dies for their own hubris, laughing at the hero's corny one-liner
Unfortunately, in the real world we have to live in and deal with, it turns out there are both people who lie and people who say things they don't know are true.
