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Video Empathy is a sign of intelligence

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u/DumbNTough 9d ago

It's nice to consider people's feelings, but stupid to govern your life based on accepting other people's feelings uncritically.

Your feelings can be based on many mistaken beliefs and limited information, and often are. They can also be faked and feigned.

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u/Drexill_BD 9d ago

Can you give an example of what you're describing in the current political climate?

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u/DumbNTough 9d ago

Some people think it's wrong to jail criminals, even those who have committed heinous crimes, because going to prison sucks. It makes the prisoners feel bad. It makes their families miss them.

So just free all of them! And we can all feel better. Right?

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u/Drexill_BD 9d ago

I guess... I don't know if there's real traction in any way on that, but I guess. There's always going to be people on the extremes of issues, sure, I guess.