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Becoming the Rainbow's avatar

Insightful essay.

People on the political left often accuse those on the right of lacking empathy. Support ICE? You must not have empathy for immigrants. Refuse to get vaccinated against Covid? You must not have empathy for the elderly and the immunocompromised. More than a few leftists are in emotional crisis because they´ve convinced themselves that the great majority of folks in parts of the midwest and south are sociopaths.

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Nathalie Martinek PhD's avatar

Excellent article! The thing that sticks out the most for me is the distinction between mature expression of empathy that reflects a differentiated person vs undifferentiated/unindividuated person conditioned to respond to and internalise the dominant feeling of others.

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