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arrow-up114arrow-down1external-linkIn an age of performative cruelty, choose radical kindnesswww.lgbtqnation.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to United States | News & PoliticsEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square3linkfedilink
minus-squareGuyFawkeslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThe time for kindness has passed. We need MAGAts to FEEL the harm they’ve wrought on others.
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoVengeance as a rehabilitative tool presupposes empathy. They don’t have any. They won’t take it as “oh this is how we made them feel, I don’t like it, therefore I shouldn’t do it to others”, it’ll just be “I’m in pain thus I’m gonna cause pain”.
The time for kindness has passed. We need MAGAts to FEEL the harm they’ve wrought on others.
Vengeance as a rehabilitative tool presupposes empathy.
They don’t have any. They won’t take it as “oh this is how we made them feel, I don’t like it, therefore I shouldn’t do it to others”, it’ll just be “I’m in pain thus I’m gonna cause pain”.