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Originally posted by Mcupobob
Originally posted by newcovenant
reply to post by MentorsRiddle
Unfortunately the word "empathy" has sort of a communist social program connotation to it right now
What? Empathy has nothing to do with politics or economic perseverances. Its a Human emotion, and a damn good one that makes people decent. I'm sorry to tell you this but communist don't have a monopoly on empathy.
OT: Star and flag and that was good read. Thanks for sharing and pouring your soul.edit on 10/18/2011 by Mcupobob because: (no reason given)
GOP Fears Sotomayor's 'Empathy'
Sen. Chuck Grassley says Sonia Sotomayor's "empathy" is "troubling."
Originally posted by WickettheRabbit
reply to post by apushforenlightment
You come across as an immature person trying to up a very grounded logical empathetic person.
It's absolutely normal to want to feel like you're "special". It's the drive that makes us want to be different that the other 7 billion people on this planet.
Sadly though, you aren't that special. This isn't paranormal. It's purely normal...standard...average...typical.
Being highly empathetic is a gift if you're using it to benefit. Proclaiming to be an empath is where to draw the line.
Originally posted by MentorsRiddle
It is my theory that people with neurological disorders – such as A.D.D., or A.D.H.D, Tourette Syndrome, etc. May actually be empathic – and are short circuiting due to overstimulation of their emotions. Only doctors don’t realize this.
Originally posted by newcovenant
reply to post by MentorsRiddle
I am giving you a star and a flag. Enjoy it and make it last.
Unfortunately the word "empathy" has sort of a communist social program connotation to it right now. I doubt you are going to have more than a few fans.
There will come a time in everyone's life however when they hope and pray for a little bit of empathy toward themselves. Empathy they were unable to muster up for another.
Originally posted by zarp3333
Originally posted by newcovenant
reply to post by MentorsRiddle
I am giving you a star and a flag. Enjoy it and make it last.
Unfortunately the word "empathy" has sort of a communist social program connotation to it right now. I doubt you are going to have more than a few fans.
There will come a time in everyone's life however when they hope and pray for a little bit of empathy toward themselves. Empathy they were unable to muster up for another.
This is a sinister example of 1984 "double speak." you start out completely ascribing negative, untrue and completely unrealted values to the word empathy which distorts it's meaning. You then sympathize with the concept after you have gutted it of any value.
The real kicker is the pathetic qualifier "unfortunately"'before the gut job.
If the post were anywhere else besides ATS, let's say FaceBook for instance, I would chalk up the comparison of the word empathy to anything having to do with communinism as the ramblings of an 11th grader who neither taken his senior civics class nor studied for the SAT test, which if memory serves me correctly includes the above aforementioned word.
...we should have empathy for ourselves..."
Originally posted by elliotmtl
If "we" humans collectively have not been able to agree on the mechanism by which humans "pick up" the feelings of other humans, how exactly have we collectively agreed on the mechanism by which horses "pick up" feelings? At least we can talk with fellow humans. Horses we can only observe and manipulate their environments. And yet we think we know more about how the "lesser" beings work. That's just because we can do experiments with animals that would be considered unacceptable on humans. That's just because humans have a tendency to be offended when their deeply felt experiences are explained away as physical/chemical mechanics.
Consider this, how do you know that "pheromones" are the cause, rather than an effect, of behavior with which they are correlated?