FFS. My point was not about empathy anyway but it's alarming how many people think empathy cannot occur across identity groups.
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They have none of the symptoms but they can imagine what it feels like when I tell them & how frustrating the disablement must be.
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Because we share human experiences. We know headaches & dizziness are not nice & how much we rely on being able to see straight.
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Its even easier to imagine what fear, anger, pain, alienation, isolation feel like because we have all felt this to some degree at some time
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This does not mean we should think we're all on a level playing field with those things & I don't think we need to to empathise with them.
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The assumption seems to be that if we do empathise with others whilst being more fortunate than them, we deny that we are more fortunate. No
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It is not privileged & entitled for me to empathise with a gay boy who is being bullied whilst not being gay, a boy or bullied.
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He can describe feelings I share because I am a human & I can imagine what it must be like to feel that intensely every day.
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I won't be having his experience but I will be empathising with it. It's not even in my control. I couldn't *not* empathise with it.
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As Iona said, anyone who has sobbed over a book or film set in a different time or place has experienced empathy.pic.twitter.com/zXaAix0OvL
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It's ludicrous to think our shared humanity, our empathy & our compassion for people who differ from us are a hindrance to social justice.
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Yes, this idea should be simple. My oldest son has ADHD, it's incredibly hard for him to concentrate sometimes, and he gets very...
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...frustrated when he wants to get work done, but can't get himself to sit still. While I can't identify with that specific feeling...
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...of not being able to focus like I want, I can definitely identify with the frustration he feels.
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Yes! You can draw on times you have felt restless & frustrated & imagine what its like to feel that but more and all the time!
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