Reply #24: What an amazing post. [View All]

[troubleinwinter]

You began with a word that is of utmost importance to me: EMPATHY.

My daughter is now 28 (a DUer). When she reached adulthood, I realized that she had theeee most important attribute a human can be made of: EMPATHY.

I was proud, but then realized that I had not, and could not have, taught it to her. I only was able to nurture and support its growth. So many Americans think that a college education, dance lessons, karate, etc. are important for our children. They are not. What makes a human-being 'human' is empathy.

And no, she ain't no push-over at all. Empathy doesn't equal weak, as you stated. She is a strong young woman with a mind and courage to stand for her convictions. I said she's a DUer?!

When we name our great heroes through history, we are acknowleging those with empathy and courage: Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Ghandi, Rosa Parks, Robert Kennedy, Susan B. Anthony, Caesar Chavez, and others. None of these used violence, but our nation's Declaration of Independence was based upon violent revolution.

Here is some reading you may find interesting, an interview ('The trick of the Phsychopath's Trade- Make Us Believe Evil Comes From Others') with the editors of the book 'Political Ponterology - A Science on the Nature of Evil Adjusted for Political Purposes' http://www.sott.net/articles/show/148141-The-Trick-of-the-Psychopath-s-Trade-Make-Us-Believe-that-Evil-Comes-from-Others


"Anger and hatred have a very specific uses,to free us from tyrants,psychopaths, bullies and domination...Rage, anger,and violence, they have a real important purposes"

Thank you for your post. This is the sort of conversation we must pursue.