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#empathy

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William

“The deportations do not only violate the most fundamental rights of due process. They also exemplify MAGA officials’ utter lack of humanity for anyone who does not look, sound, and think as they do. It is the antithesis of empathy—the worst governmental abuse of power in my lifetime directed at people least able to defend themselves.” #empathy
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The Contrarian · Active Empathy is life-changingBy Jennifer Rubin
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Scott Wilson

Even outside of <waves at all the things going on in our country>, you never know what people are dealing with.

It takes •••so little energy••• to ask how someone’s day is going, to hold the door for somebody, to help someone put that heavy bag of cat litter in their car and push away their shopping cart.

Be kind to one another! It’s free!

#kindness#empathy#caring
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PrinceOfDenmark

Mentioning this because of all the nonsense about how “toxic” #empathy is.

An alpha asshole can bully individuals to comply. They may obey out of fear or just to avoid fighting.

But Mark Rashid watched & saw which horse the other horses followed, who they gravitated to, who they wanted to be around. No surprise if you think about it: It’s the horses that make others feel safe, respected, & maybe even protected.

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janhoglund

Although sociopathy always means a lack of empathy, there is one way in which severe sociopaths do have a certain, frightening type of empathy. It is the empathy of the predator.
—Bandy X. Lee et al., The Dangerous Case of Donald Trum
#sociopathy #empathy

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janhoglund

The failure of normal empathy is central to sociopathy, which is marked by an absence of guilt, intentional manipulation, and controlling or even sadistically harming others for personal power or gratification. …sociopathy is among the most severe mental disturbances.
—Bandy X. Lee et al., The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump
#empathy #sociopathy

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janhoglund

…the ability to sense the feelings of one another, care about one another, and try to avoid harming one another…is called empathy. It is a characteristic of all people… Unless they are sociopaths.
—Bandy X. Lee et al., The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump
#empathy

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William Lindsey :toad:

"I have never seen an anti-feminist backlash quite like the one we are living through. The embrace of misogyny is thorough and unapologetic. It transcends just about every aspect of this administration, from the president down through his followers.

~ Jill Filipovic

#Musk #Trump #MAGA #destruction #chaos #fascism #suicide #empathy #morality #religion #WhiteChristianNationalism #misogyny #women
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Jill Filipovic · Boys Will Be Boys But Women Are Too Emotional for the Supreme CourtBy Jill Filipovic
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