• TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip
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    I don’t care about others, therefore I don’t care who they love, what they do with their bodies, how and where they live their life as long as it doesn’t impact my choices and my life.

    Would I be in that second camp then?

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      Would you stand up and speak up on someones behalf if injustice was done to them and they couldn’t defend themselves?

      I know it’s a bit harsh and just a different interpretation but one could easily read your stance as “at least i don’t actively hurt others, so dont shame me for not caring about them as long as it doesn’t affect me”

      Again a bit harsh i know but maybe worth thinking about 乁⁠(⁠ ⁠•⁠_⁠•⁠ ⁠)⁠ㄏ

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        Would you stand up and speak up on someones behalf if injustice was done to them and they couldn’t defend themselves?

        In front of me? Yes, but i wouldn’t go volunteering saving oppressed people.

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          Sounds rational to me. I’ve also observed many who purport to “care so much”, but it’s really a veil to dodge accountability or otherwise manipulate or pull various social levers. I steer clear of those that are quick to play social games, including shame, to gain status or get their way.

          I’ll take rational, well-reasoned, and balanced empathy over manic, performative forms of “care” any day of the week. i.e.: It’s nowhere near a simple binary, those that care and those that don’t. Deceitful opportunists infect all demographics.

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      Do you care if they’re locked up or killed because of who they love, what they do with their bodies, or how and where they live their life?

      That’s the type of care we’re talking about.