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Eric Rasmusen's avatar

How odd that somebody decided English needed a Greek word to translate a German word.

This essay is so obviously correct. Someone who never shares the emotions of others is a monster, a sociopath. And of course to share someone's feeling is not to approve of it-- you can empathize with someone while being entirely unsympathetic. To understand all is NOT to forgive all.

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Scott Tibbs's avatar

It is true that toxic empathy is a sin, but the improper use of a thing does not invalidate its proper use.

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Tim Bayly's avatar

Precisely, and thereby those cold fish who have empathy for no one but themselves are able to justify their coldheartedness. Love,

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