• HopFlop@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      1·
      1 month ago

      Nobody (?) is expecting everyone to have empathy with him, but not empathizing with someone and enjoying their murder are two different things.

      Celebrating his death is a disgrace to democracy and the human dignity. And that doesnt make a person much better than him.

      • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todayEnglish
        5·
        1 month ago

        It’s not transactional. For it to be transactional, it has to have a value for both sides. Empathy holds no value for MAGAs, so they shouldn’t care if they receive it or not. In fact, they should even be offended at the offer of Empathy, sort of like how Atheists get irritated when asked to offer Thoughts & Prayers for school shootings.

      • Amuletta@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        1 month ago

        “I can’t stand the word empathy, actually. I think empathy is a made-up, new age term that — it does a lot of damage.”

        In Kirk’s own words.

        • HopFlop@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          11·
          1 month ago

          Conveniently left out the following two sentences where he states that he just prefers the term “sympathy” over “empathy” and dislikes the latter because of a miniscule detail in its origin

            • HopFlop@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
              1·
              29 days ago
              1. Those are just more quotes without context
              2. I still dont see how the would prove your point

              (I would like to note that I don’t agree at all with Kirk’s opinions just so that doesn’t get mixed up)

        • plyth@feddit.orgEnglish
          14·
          1 month ago

          So why listen to him and hold back empathy? It doesn’t mean to love him or to support him, just to feel for him.

            • plyth@feddit.orgEnglish
              21·
              30 days ago

              Empathy is generally described as the ability to perceive another person’s perspective, to understand, feel, and possibly share and respond to their experience.

              https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empathy

              Empathy doesn’t mean that you have emotions but that you understand his.