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saw5 · 2 months

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as someone who can be quite unempathetic and involuntarily emotionally shielded from matters of tragedy and injustice sometimes (but still, obviously, recognizes his own responsibility as a moral actor regardless of how he feels that day and does his best to act in accordance with carefully considered values at all times) it really bugs me when people r like "having less empathy can make you more logical about things" no it fuckin doesn't ............... Believe me no it fuckin doesn't

#AT BEST i am sometimes able to grasp the logistics of a situation more easily than most and determine the ''most ethical'' way to act #based on my current knowledge + values. And that can be considered the flip side of the low empathy response. but from #plenty of experience i can attest that i'm almost always missing something important if i don't take the feelings of the people involved #into consideration Which is significantly easier if your kneejerk response is one of empathy (even if empathy can misfire/be inaccurate)#idk just thinking about this a lot recently because my poor mental state the last couple weeks has gotten me back on the ''low emotional #response to just about everything'' train and when it comes to matters of palestine i am basically always checking myself to see #whether the automatic distance is allowing me to be an effective participant in doing what i can to spread awareness and take action #or whether it's hindering me and i need to start intentionally abrading myself again #i have a lot of friends with really strong empathetic responses who are having to do basically the exact reverse. its interesting

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