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.
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
Empathy is generally described as the ability to perceive another person’s perspective, to understand, feel, and possibly share and respond to their experience.
Why expect empathy to be transactional?
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.
In Kirk’s own words.
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
Cool. Now tell us the “context” for these gems:
(I would like to note that I don’t agree at all with Kirk’s opinions just so that doesn’t get mixed up)
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.
But I don’t feel anything for him. He was a vile piece of trash.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empathy
Empathy doesn’t mean that you have emotions but that you understand his.