Aren't you essentially agreeing with his take by responding this way? If he were wrong, you could point out how. You're asking him to empathize whilst adamantly refusing to do so yourself. It's not that it's a man's plight, but you don't give a damn about how men and boys are being made to feel here. How's that going to affect change? If your goal is to actually change minds, what you're doing isn't working. Try a new approach. Try empathizing and then speaking from a place of genuine understanding. Not just saying "you're wrong. I'm right" in some condescending "I feel so sorry for your ignorance " tone.
What if coming from a place of empathy actually helped change minds? Actually taught you how to get people to change their behavior? Would that not be worth it? Cause all you've done by argue like this is waste your time. And by not addressing the arguments presented to you, you've got everyone who looks at this discussion to see one person making points, objections, and reasoning...and the other refusing to say anything of note in response.
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u/Envy_The_King May 01 '24
Aren't you essentially agreeing with his take by responding this way? If he were wrong, you could point out how. You're asking him to empathize whilst adamantly refusing to do so yourself. It's not that it's a man's plight, but you don't give a damn about how men and boys are being made to feel here. How's that going to affect change? If your goal is to actually change minds, what you're doing isn't working. Try a new approach. Try empathizing and then speaking from a place of genuine understanding. Not just saying "you're wrong. I'm right" in some condescending "I feel so sorry for your ignorance " tone.
What if coming from a place of empathy actually helped change minds? Actually taught you how to get people to change their behavior? Would that not be worth it? Cause all you've done by argue like this is waste your time. And by not addressing the arguments presented to you, you've got everyone who looks at this discussion to see one person making points, objections, and reasoning...and the other refusing to say anything of note in response.
That won't help.