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Originally Posted by Frownland
It can be like that, but I think that's a very limited way to view it.
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Well its like, you typically have the most empathy towards your family and friends or the people who remind you of yourself the most. You have the least empathy for the people who's beliefs out right contradict yours because you reject them so much that you just don't want to see yourself in them.
So a liberal sees another liberal get punched they have much more empathy because they can easily see a reflection of them self in that person. Focus on similarities. Hey, that person reminds me of me. I don't want me to get hurt.
But if a liberal sees a Nazi get punched they typically have much more apathy towards the Nazi. I reject this idea so much that this difference obscures any similarities we may have and I have a hard time seeing myself in that person. Me and that Nazi are nothing alike. I don't care because they are separate from me.