The conservative mind only considers itself. The liberal mind considers the collective. A pond does not exist without a connection to a greater collective of water, they bubble up from underground springs tying things together. What happens in spot, thus affects another. So when one pond is suffering neglect or even pollution, the other ponds connected to it will suffer too. Until that collectivity notion is understood by conservatives, there will be no compassion from them, because they can only function from a me-center. The liberal is always us-centered. Can empathy be taught? They say so, but those predisposed toward selfishness will continue to work from a universe in which they are the central and the most meaningful factor. 1. the police issue - those fighting for equality and against brutality are seen as monsters hating the police by those who are police, related to police, married to police. Those raising the issue of police brutality are thus silenced - because as one person said to me if my husband needs a tank to do his job, he better have one - you dont get what hes up against. The self-aggrandizing thinking of the me-center, which does not empathize with those who have done nothing and are gunned down, beaten, raped, or wrongly incarcerated by the thousands each year because training is poor, regulation poorer, and recruitment half-assed. But the people are the problem, not the police who continue to give themselves a bad name, or the me-centered individuals around them empowering the brutality. BTW- its also only your opinion that we have fascism in the United States - no, Maam, thats a fact. Corporations are so deeply imbedded in our government, we may never get them out. The cops are their private security force. Also - ignore that the police have consistently remained conservative (the individuals making up the police force are usually conservative thinkers/voters). Fascism is an extreme form of conservatism. Also, according to this young woman, there were no tanks belonging to police in Missouri at the protests, they were national guard, they did not say police on the side. It took me one search to find the police marked vehicles to which i was referring, and no military tank images. living in a me-centered world limits your view. (Yes, she is white. Youre not surprised, are you?) The police have been using fear tactics for job security for generations. They used it back in Tammany Hall days to bully support from the poor, mostly Irish, immigrants--laughing all the way to the bank and providing little to no protection. Sound familiar? Not to mention how this ignores more than two centuries of racism and brutality against non-whites (the irish used to be included in that, along with the italians, greeks, germans, and on) and especially immigrant populations, non-christians, and women. But, if I (empahis on I) continue it will threaten our professional relationship. -- we never had one, dont be ridiculous. This person never liked me to begin with. Now, I know exactly why.
Posted on: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 21:00:23 +0000
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