Is empathy political?

[whitecattamer@mastodon.online]

@KatyElphinstone @GhostOnTheHalfShell Well that was an infuriating read.

“Our study showed that these abnormal people are, indeed, mentally impaired in understanding other people.”
“And how does it do that?”
“By conflating moral judgements with mental capacity we can say that non-normative results for one equal the other.”
“…were those judgements wrong, or did the participants not justify them…?”
“Oh, we never asked. We didn’t need to. We understand people, you see.”

[vervain@sunny.garden]

@KatyElphinstone

I really appreciate you for this.

[katyelphinstone@mas.to]

@WhiteCatTamer

Thank you for this pithy summary.
Loved it.

@GhostOnTheHalfShell

[katyelphinstone@mas.to]

@Tooden

Here's to being weak, woke, and leftist 🥰

[katyelphinstone@mas.to]

@vervain

🥰

[iwoakura@twit.social]

@JustinMac84

Is empathy political? an article on autistic empathy, by K.J. Elphinstone

Instead of autistic people lacking empathy, our empathy may simply be expressed differently – both in its form, and its direction of travel.

Neurofabulous (www.neurofabulous.org.uk)

[globcoco@mamot.fr]

@KatyElphinstone

🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[justinmac84@mastodon.social]

@iwoakura Thank you.

[justinmac84@mastodon.social]

@iwoakura Read it. I'm not sure I would say that making sure the person above you has the biggest steak or the best place at the table is empathy, that's more an attempt to engratiate yourself. You're neither understanding, nor feeling what they're feeling, you're just trying to show you're of value to them and make them feel good, if because of their position, either to obtain or avoid a certain consequence. I thought the rest was really interesting though.

[loki_laufeyiarson@mastodon.social]

@KatyElphinstone very interesting piece. Thank you for writing and sharing it.

[katyelphinstone@mas.to]

@bobjmsn

This is very true...much safer.