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lemmy user(ule)s: "this sign won't stop me because i can't read" (lemmy.cafe)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

My guy still thinks bigotry is caused by lack of empathy. It's actually selective empathy that helps encourage bigots.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Selective presence of empathy is exactly equivalent to selective lack of empathy, which is a type of lack of empathy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

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