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g980
09/07/23 9:33:14 AM
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Is the laziest nonsense deflection from actually trying to understand or listen to other people

No, the cruelty is almost never the point

The point might be stupid or bigoted, but no most people are not mustache twirling sadists even if that makes it harder for you to dehumanize them in your head

Challenge yourself to empathize with people who have shitty opinions you lazy fucks

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Xenogears15
09/07/23 9:33:52 AM
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g980 posted...


Challenge yourself to empathize with people who have shitty opinions you lazy fucks

Why should I empathize with people who want to turn me into a second class citizen or worse?

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MedeaLysistrata
09/07/23 9:34:21 AM
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im so tired now

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GrandConjuraton
09/07/23 9:34:32 AM
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Xenogears15 posted...
Why should I empathize with people who want to turn me into a second class citizen or worse?


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SaikyoStyle
09/07/23 9:34:52 AM
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Xenogears15 posted...
Why should I empathize with people who want to turn me into a second class citizen or worse?
Because thats what the centrists also want as long as their comfort/convenience is left unchanged.

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Jagr_68
09/07/23 9:35:05 AM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/3/1/AAUQbgAADQ_f.jpg

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Heineken14
09/07/23 9:36:36 AM
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g980 posted...
Challenge yourself to empathize with people who have shitty opinions you lazy fucks


No, I don't think I will empathize with **** douche bags who want to harm others. That's fucking silly, and surely deep down you know it too.

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g980
09/07/23 9:37:07 AM
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Xenogears15 posted...


Why should I empathize with people who want to turn me into a second class citizen or worse?


Why would you ever choose ignorance over knowledge?

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ANort175
09/07/23 9:39:02 AM
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Why would you ever choose to make this topic?

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GrandConjuraton
09/07/23 9:39:24 AM
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ANort175 posted...
Why would you ever choose to make this topic?
To troll.

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Solar_Crimson
09/07/23 9:40:09 AM
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Xenogears15 posted...
Why should I empathize with people who want to turn me into a second class citizen or worse?


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Raikuro
09/07/23 9:40:37 AM
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Trying to sympathize with people whose heads are wrapped up in fairy tail superstitious nonsense is a losing battle
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Rexdragon125
09/07/23 9:40:40 AM
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Nah. I used to be one of those conservative shitbags when I was younger. But I laid off the Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Fox News, etc. and got out more. Realized the conservative boogeymen aren't real, and that conservatives are the real boogeymen. I hate who I was.
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Solar_Crimson
09/07/23 9:42:09 AM
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Side A: "Let's kill all of those inferior people!"
Side B: "We will not let you kill us!"
TC: "Why don't you both come to a compromise?"

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darkace77450
09/07/23 9:42:15 AM
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g980 posted...
No, the cruelty is almost never the point

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supreme-court-turns-away-suit-by-texas-inmate-held-27-years-solitary-2023-04-17/

he U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from a Texas inmate convicted of robbery who argues that the 27 years he was forced by prison officials to spend in solitary confinement violated the constitutional bar against "cruel and unusual" punishment.

He was convicted in 1990 of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon. Following a 1994 prison escape, Hope was placed by prison officials in solitary confinement. In court papers, Hope described spending between 22 and 24 hours a day in a cell 9 feet long and 6 feet wide (2.7 meters by 1.8 meters) - "no larger than a parking space." Hope said he continued to be held in solitary confinement despite being deemed by Texas security officials in 2005 to no longer pose an escape risk.

He was deprived of nearly all human contact aside from interactions with prison staff, and said he suffered bouts of anxiety, depression, hallucinations and thoughts of suicide while being denied treatment, according to his lawsuit.

He's been held in solitary confinement - which is an internationally recognized form of torture - for 27 years despite being deemed safe to return to general population. Why? The cruelty is the point.
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boxoto
09/07/23 9:42:17 AM
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g980 posted...
Why would you ever choose ignorance over knowledge?
does someone telling you why they're in support of policies that are racist, prejudiced against LGBTQ+ people, and misogynistic/misandrist, etc. really help anyone?

or is it just a waste of time, and we should just call them out for what they are

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Xenogears15
09/07/23 9:42:50 AM
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g980 posted...
Why would you ever choose ignorance over knowledge?

Because there is no point in empathizing with people who consider you to be lesser human beings than them. There is no knowledge to be gained there, only derision and misgivings.

A debate held in good faith is where knowledge can be gained. But there is no debating people that wish to rob me of my rights.

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cjsdowg
09/07/23 9:44:42 AM
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Let's be specific to whom are you referring to? I want to understand your view point. I 130 % think you are very wrong. But I am not going to write you off or attack you. This place does that to ppl all the time when they disagree them. And they dog pile like people are doing to you. I will not do the same.

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Rotterdammerung
09/07/23 9:45:22 AM
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Xenogears15 posted...
Why should I empathize with people who want to turn me into a second class citizen or worse?


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lolife67
09/07/23 9:45:32 AM
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g980 posted...
Why would you ever choose ignorance over knowledge?
Who's ignorant? Most of us know exactly what/how bigoted people think and feel. That's not the same as empathizing with them. Do you not actually understand what the word means?
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Gwynevere
09/07/23 9:45:55 AM
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You really woke up and decided to take top spot for dumbest shit posted on CE so far today, huh? I'm sure empathizing with the fascist scum that have already tried and failed to take away my medical care will convince them to take the boot off my neck, even just a little!

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g980
09/07/23 9:46:35 AM
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Raikuro posted...
Trying to sympathize with people whose heads are wrapped up in fairy tail superstitious nonsense is a losing battle


I said empathize

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spikethedevil
09/07/23 9:48:16 AM
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So is TC from the Politics board?

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Pogo_Marimo
09/07/23 9:48:31 AM
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The paradox of tolerance.

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Raikuro
09/07/23 9:48:36 AM
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g980 posted...
I said empathize
Ok. Trying to empathize with people whose heads are wrapped up in fairy tail superstitious nonsense is a losing battle.
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ooger
09/07/23 9:49:41 AM
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g980 posted...
Challenge yourself to empathize with people who have shitty opinions
nope.

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ThisIsAKnoife
09/07/23 9:50:33 AM
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Why dont people empathize with Hitler Im sure he had his reasons?

-dumbass TC probably

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luigi33
09/07/23 9:51:30 AM
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Definitely see a ban/suspension on TC in near future.

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spikethedevil
09/07/23 9:51:54 AM
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ThisIsAKnoife posted...
Why dont people empathize with Hitler Im sure he had his reasons?

-dumbass TC probably

Watch this get modded before the blatant troll topic.

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TheGoldenEel
09/07/23 9:52:18 AM
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g980 posted...
Is the laziest nonsense deflection from actually trying to understand or listen to other people

No, the cruelty is almost never the point

The point might be stupid or bigoted, but no most people are not mustache twirling sadists even if that makes it harder for you to dehumanize them in your head

Challenge yourself to empathize with people who have shitty opinions you lazy fucks
No, actually from the perspective of the people who make many of the laws that people say this about, the cruelty is, indeed, the point

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davyheinz
09/07/23 9:54:32 AM
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Oh, sorry TC, lets quote a Trumper instead to see how they really feel.

Hes not hurting the people he needs to be hurting

Sounds like the same idea but different words

https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/policy-and-politics/2019/1/8/18173678/trump-shutdown-voter-florida

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__starsnostars
09/07/23 9:55:01 AM
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spikethedevil posted...
So is TC from the Politics board?

I don't think so, tc is one of yours ce.

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MedeaLysistrata
09/07/23 9:55:08 AM
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Xenogears15 posted...
Because there is no point in empathizing with people who consider you to be lesser human beings than them. There is no knowledge to be gained there, only derision and misgivings.

A debate held in good faith is where knowledge can be gained. But there is no debating people that wish to rob me of my rights.
These are the words of someone who doesn't get routinely ignored or eclipsed

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IShall_Run_Amok
09/07/23 9:55:52 AM
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g980 posted...
Challenge yourself to empathize with people who have s***ty opinions you lazy f***s
How do you think people came to the conclusion that the cruelty is the point? Conservatives are vicious and cruel little bastards because it brings them satisfaction to be vicious and cruel to people who are weaker than they are, or whom they find to be undeserving of humanity. That's an accurate assessment of their reasons.

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spikethedevil
09/07/23 9:56:16 AM
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MedeaLysistrata posted...
These are the words of someone who doesn't get routinely ignored or eclipsed

What?

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IfGodCouldDie
09/07/23 9:56:26 AM
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g980 posted...
Why would you ever choose ignorance over knowledge?
Refusing to empathize with someone that means to do others harm does not make you less knowledgeable nor does it make you ignorant.

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Takuya_Lee
09/07/23 9:56:43 AM
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Tried that. Almost gave myself a brain aneurysm trying to jump thru all the logical hoops to do so.

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Sahel
09/07/23 9:57:51 AM
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ThisIsAKnoife posted...
Why dont people empathize with Hitler Im sure he had his reasons?

-dumbass TC probably
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ChainsawFerret
09/07/23 9:58:26 AM
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g980 posted...
Is the laziest nonsense deflection from actually trying to understand or listen to other people

No, the cruelty is almost never the point

The point might be stupid or bigoted, but no most people are not mustache twirling sadists even if that makes it harder for you to dehumanize them in your head

Challenge yourself to empathize with people who have shitty opinions you lazy fucks


I don't empathize with people who want to strip away civil liberties. I don't empathize with people trying to turn women into second-class citizens or those trying to play doctor. Least of all when they hide behind their death cult to do so. I have a lot of friends across the LGBT spectrum, and I am not letting some band of self-righteous asshats try to murder them in the name of their Imaginary Bearded Skydaddy.

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gikos
09/07/23 9:59:31 AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ShZGHmT2EQ

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IfGodCouldDie
09/07/23 9:59:46 AM
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spikethedevil posted...
Watch this get modded before the blatant troll topic.
I mean he does call TC a dumbest in that pist which is against the ToS

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MedeaLysistrata
09/07/23 10:00:04 AM
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spikethedevil posted...
What?
Your post is entirely based in identity. What if everyone told you the same thing?

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