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Well first off I have the perspective and did live through it, so there's that. But also, why do people assume others can't have empathy? I don't have to touc

Well first off I have the perspective and did live through it, so there's that. But also, why do people assume others can't have empathy? I don't have to touch a hot stove to know it hurts. I don't need to live in poverty to understand how difficult it is. Growing up Jewish I have been discriminated against, but I don't assume anyone who isn't Jewish can't understand my discrimination. It sounds like you have a chip on your shoulder, or perhaps guilt for getting out of your situation. You shouldn't. You should be proud of your accomplishments. But you should also give people the benefit of the doubt that they can actually have empathy even if they haven't lived it.

tjrDL6MjB2Zwwa 4y ago
> I don't have to touch a hot stove to know it hurts. You do need to touch a hot stove to understand what a burn feels like, just as you need to actually deliver a baby to understand what that feels like. "It hurts" is not understanding in the same way that I'll never truly understand what an orgasm feels like for a woman (and vice versa for them). I've read it starts in the stomach and moves upwards through the body until it climaxes in the head, but who knows if that's actually true. Certainly for me it doesn't feel that way. Here's the question you have to answer. If you're walking by a drain that has a dozen chicks trapped in it but do nothing outside of recognize their plight, are you a good person for having recognized or a bad person for that recognition not being a call to action? _THAT_ is the basic moral quandry you're up against and I'm pointing out that not only is your solution wrong, you're trying to convince others you're moral rather than just neutral.