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Empathy is a learned skill, one that we don't teach. in the online world you have to chose to empathise, and its really easy not to. This is why I seek out wha
by KaiserPro 5y ago
Empathy is a learned skill, one that we don't teach.
in the online world you have to chose to empathise, and its really easy not to. This is why I seek out what "the other side" are thinking, and why they say what they do. Because otherwise its really easy just to dismiss them as "stooges", "snowflakes" "nazi" or any other signposted pejorative.
but I'm not perfect, as my comments will show. Sometimes I fail.
- dylan604 5y ago>Empathy is a learned skill, one that we don't teach. one that we don't teach, anymore. maybe i'll go along with that, but it was definitely taught when i was a kid. "how would that make you feel if they did that to you?" was a very common chastisement growing up. not just from my mom, but from teachers in elementary school as well. then of course being drug to church by my mom, there was always people spouting "remember the golden rule". which when it comes down to it, is the only thing i really "took" from church. i treat people how i would like to be treated myself. so, if none of that basic stuff is being taught nowadays, i weep for humanity ;-) btw, we all fail, we just have to strive to do better!?!