>When someone's being asked to have more empathy, they're probably in the middle of ignoring someone else's needs right then. Yes, correct. That's exactly how

>When someone's being asked to have more empathy, they're probably in the middle of ignoring someone else's needs right then. Yes, correct. That's exactly how abusers expect us to think things work. The difference is whether the person asking you to be more X cares if you have agreed-upon criteria of what that even looks like. Given how many people ostensibly driven by positive motivations seem to be rubbed the wrong way by "empathy", well...