• jerkface@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    Okay? So?

    Being cruel and violent to innocent creatures requires that you learn to suspend your empathy. Being cruel and violent to innocent creatures EVERY SINGLE DAY requires that you main your empathy, to actually injure yourself and impair your ability to be empathetic AT ALL.

    To respond to your apparent non sequitur, I value compassion and empathy. Don’t you?