▲ 2419 ▼ Too soon? (sh.itjust.works) submitted 11 months ago by jballs@sh.itjust.works to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 588 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works -2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) This is the full context of the quote for anyone curious like I was. https://rumble.com/v1nnu66-dont-believe-your-lying-eyes-everything-is-fine-bannon-sheriff-lamb-patel-w.html?start=2180 TLDW is that he follows saying he prefers sympathy over empathy permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] certified_expert@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 child) TLDW. what would the difference between sympathy and empathy be? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 1 point 10 months ago* (1 child) https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/sympathy-empathy-difference permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] certified_expert@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) I would argue that the average person refers to a mix of both when they use the word "empathy": caring about the other person's pain being there for them trying to see things from their perspective wanting the other person to be better and wondering how one could help. Classifying one as "a terrible problem" and the other as acceptable seems (at least) a bit pedantic. Specially when it comes to language, a dynamic phenomena in which words mean what (the majority of) people deem them to mean. my two cents permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) The train of thought he talked about right when he said that was that in the past politicians said they feel your pain, even if they are an opponent. Now politicians try to make the case that people aren't in pain. In that comparison I linked one of the differences is sympathy is feeling pain as your own and another is acknowledging pain without feeling it at all. I'm not saying I agree with his take, but context made the quote made me go from "this guy doesn't care about others at all" to "grammar police sidenote where he wants people to say sympathy more" in my head Context is important and I never heard or watched him at all so I wanted to share for people who were interested like I was. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] certified_expert@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 child) TLDW. what would the difference between sympathy and empathy be? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 1 point 10 months ago* (1 child) https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/sympathy-empathy-difference permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] certified_expert@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) I would argue that the average person refers to a mix of both when they use the word "empathy": caring about the other person's pain being there for them trying to see things from their perspective wanting the other person to be better and wondering how one could help. Classifying one as "a terrible problem" and the other as acceptable seems (at least) a bit pedantic. Specially when it comes to language, a dynamic phenomena in which words mean what (the majority of) people deem them to mean. my two cents permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) The train of thought he talked about right when he said that was that in the past politicians said they feel your pain, even if they are an opponent. Now politicians try to make the case that people aren't in pain. In that comparison I linked one of the differences is sympathy is feeling pain as your own and another is acknowledging pain without feeling it at all. I'm not saying I agree with his take, but context made the quote made me go from "this guy doesn't care about others at all" to "grammar police sidenote where he wants people to say sympathy more" in my head Context is important and I never heard or watched him at all so I wanted to share for people who were interested like I was. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 1 point 10 months ago* (1 child) https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/sympathy-empathy-difference permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] certified_expert@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) I would argue that the average person refers to a mix of both when they use the word "empathy": caring about the other person's pain being there for them trying to see things from their perspective wanting the other person to be better and wondering how one could help. Classifying one as "a terrible problem" and the other as acceptable seems (at least) a bit pedantic. Specially when it comes to language, a dynamic phenomena in which words mean what (the majority of) people deem them to mean. my two cents permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) The train of thought he talked about right when he said that was that in the past politicians said they feel your pain, even if they are an opponent. Now politicians try to make the case that people aren't in pain. In that comparison I linked one of the differences is sympathy is feeling pain as your own and another is acknowledging pain without feeling it at all. I'm not saying I agree with his take, but context made the quote made me go from "this guy doesn't care about others at all" to "grammar police sidenote where he wants people to say sympathy more" in my head Context is important and I never heard or watched him at all so I wanted to share for people who were interested like I was. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] certified_expert@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) I would argue that the average person refers to a mix of both when they use the word "empathy": caring about the other person's pain being there for them trying to see things from their perspective wanting the other person to be better and wondering how one could help. Classifying one as "a terrible problem" and the other as acceptable seems (at least) a bit pedantic. Specially when it comes to language, a dynamic phenomena in which words mean what (the majority of) people deem them to mean. my two cents permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) The train of thought he talked about right when he said that was that in the past politicians said they feel your pain, even if they are an opponent. Now politicians try to make the case that people aren't in pain. In that comparison I linked one of the differences is sympathy is feeling pain as your own and another is acknowledging pain without feeling it at all. I'm not saying I agree with his take, but context made the quote made me go from "this guy doesn't care about others at all" to "grammar police sidenote where he wants people to say sympathy more" in my head Context is important and I never heard or watched him at all so I wanted to share for people who were interested like I was. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) The train of thought he talked about right when he said that was that in the past politicians said they feel your pain, even if they are an opponent. Now politicians try to make the case that people aren't in pain. In that comparison I linked one of the differences is sympathy is feeling pain as your own and another is acknowledging pain without feeling it at all. I'm not saying I agree with his take, but context made the quote made me go from "this guy doesn't care about others at all" to "grammar police sidenote where he wants people to say sympathy more" in my head Context is important and I never heard or watched him at all so I wanted to share for people who were interested like I was. permalink fedilink source parent
