Some people are really against people trying to empathize with an incredibly bad situation after having gone through a slightly-bad situation that has some para

Some people are really against people trying to empathize with an incredibly bad situation after having gone through a slightly-bad situation that has some parallels. They insist that it's nothing like that and will scream down anyone who tries to care based on their own experience. IMO, it's incredibly harmful for the the cause and instead of shouting them down, they should just turn away and ignore them. OTOH, if they were trying to use that experience to downplay the problem, it's perfectly fine to talk to them about why they're wrong, but civilly.