#like no don't empathize with shitty right wingers and trolls

[snufflingfortruffles]

maybe people would take the Internet Left more seriously if all that talk of empathy and kindness didn't become so clearly performative the second someone says anything to disagree with them or offend their sense of moral superiority.

if your immediate response is always "here's why you're wrong" and never "it sound like you're hurting" then you may not be as empathetic as you think

this is 1000% more true in real life btw, especially if you're still telling them they're wrong as they're sobbing in pain

#obviously being offended and reacting to bigotry are not the same thing here #like no don't empathize with shitty right wingers and trolls #but most of the stuff yall argue and act superior about #would lead to very different discussions if yall listened when someone was complaining about #for example the media #I'm on a side that frequently gets disparaged by leftists because of a lifelong emotional issue that virtually no one has been empathetic to #despite literally never hurting anyone and just reacting angrily out of pain #and like #yall aren't helping yourselves by being dicks about everything #and while the right still takes the cake for blatant misogyny #leftists are getting worse about it every year #so if you wanna call yourself a feminist or progressive #maybe start listening to people when they complain about things that hurt women #not everyone who disagrees with you is a fucking terf