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> It's a empathy exercise, not a question? You implicitly asked, "who would this statement about bank accounts be helpful for?", and I suggest that you try to t
by richmarr 9y ago
> It's a empathy exercise, not a question? You implicitly asked, "who would this statement about bank accounts be helpful for?", and I suggest that you try to think of someone.
The question I asked you was a literal question, not an empathy exercise. By all means suggest a way that anyone might be helped by this apparently-unevidenced smear.
It may comfort people to read things that support their worldview, but I don't agree that it helps them.
[Edit: changed questions to question as I only asked one]
- falsedan 9y agoI was talking about the question I asked you: > Could you imagine the point-of-view of someone who did find this helpful? I felt that your response didn't try to answer it, and thus I thought you cannot imagine such a person & see things from their point-of-view.
- richmarr 9y ago> I was talking about the question I asked you Yep, and I've explained at length now that your question needs clarifying before any kind of answer can be meaningful. You asked me to empathise with the views of people helped by the author's apparent smear. I'm sincerely asking you; who are these people you're asking me to empathise with, and how have they been helped? Without that this is all drearily hypothetical and meaningless.