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Originally Posted by Alawen
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Never mind, my sister just explained it to me. It's because all of you internalize this, thinking about yourselves. You think of your own children and your own schools. You don't give a fuck about the spindly brown children who live in the desert because they don't make you think of yourselves.
This is not actual empathy, it's fear for your own safety. You're actually selfish fucks pretending to give a shit about someone else.
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Alawen, american's DO mourn the loss of life around the country going on on a daily basis.
I don't think theres a single one of us here who doesn't empathize with children dying in Africa or the middle east.
I think the only difference (for most people, and you're right its not everyone) is that this is new, a new tragedy, a new loss of life, something we want to speak out against and try to lend our support to the families who are suffering.
Also, it just adds to our collective rage that the gunman was some murdering psychopath who decided to shoot up a bunch of kids. I'm sure arguments could be made for murdering psychopaths in other countries, but this one isn't an argument - this guy was clearly fucked in the head, and he decided to take out a large number of innocent children because of it.
And yes, some of the rage/empathy DOES come from this being so close to home.
That doesn't make anyone's empathy fake. Its callous to say so.