Isn’t the insinuation here that people that disagree with him are not empathetic to the suffering of people?
Since it was my statement, I won’t insinuate: I do think that many people lack empathy when it gets in the way of their political views. My personal view is that the world doesn’t care enough about protecting life in general. That spans both political parties.
I think that with increasing view polarization of these culture war issues, people in general have lost the ability to even see the opposing point of view. The ability to step into someone else's shoes and try to understand why they think the way they do. It just gets exacerbated on the internet where people can get dug in and refuse to accept any view but theirs as valid, because their sense of self is so tied up in those views. They're called wedge issues for a reason.
When I was in business school we had an exercise where, after arguing one point of view in a debate, we would switch sides and argue the other point. Just to gain full understanding of all points of view, to help with negotiating strategy. Try and understand why the other person believes what they do, whether you agree with it or not. Someone's lived experiences might be different to yours, which is why they have a different opinion to you.
I miss Kiorrik...he reminded me of my time living in Australia and was a cool guy. I can understand wanting to take a break if things are really stressing you though. Hopefully it's à bientôt instead of adieu
