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Trump’s Lack of Empathy Makes Him Dangerous And Not Just As a #COVID19 Superspreader — Part 2

By CalicoJack on 7 October 2020 • ( 8 Comments )

Reading time: 4 minutes
The real danger of Trump is that he has no idea of the harm he causes. When he does realize that he’s causing harm, he enjoys it. It boosts his ego. His followers don’t see non-MAGAs as people. It is why they injure and hurt people over masks. It’s why they parade around with guns. They enjoy the fear they inspire. Trump’s lack of empathy is the root of his failure and a very real and present danger to us all.

Why Is He Putting So Many People At Risk For #COVID19? Trump Lacks Empathy– Part 1

By CalicoJack on 7 October 2020 • ( 7 Comments )

Reading time: five minutes
Trump’s behavior can be baffling even for those of us who have some familiarity with his psychology, but the reasons he’s deliberately exposing people to #COVID19 is clear. He’s got no empathy. He just don’t care. All these people are expendable in his quest for reelection.

‘Get a Weapon’ — A Story of Deployment, Sexual Harassment, and Sexism from The Atlantic

By CalicoJack on 8 September 2019 • ( 2 Comments )

Reading time: 1 minute
We need to develop everyday empathy with the people we encounter in our daily lives. That is to have a better understanding of their experience and our contributions to it.

This is a reblogged story of a woman’s experience working in Iraq shortly after the fall of Baghdad. It helped me understand the constant corrosive nature of sexism on women, which can easily be extended to the constant corrosive nature of racism on PoC’s.

Incels’ Delusions of Inadequacy

By CalicoJack on 27 April 2018 • ( 11 Comments )

Alek Minassian claimed to be inspired by Elliot Rodgers and part of the Incel Rebellion. Incels apparently think they can force women to have sex with them if they can terrorize them enough? Find out how it all works in this psysplainer!

I thought I was one of the good guys. Then I read the Aziz Ansari story. – Vox

By CalicoJack on 30 January 2018 • ( 8 Comments )

This story makes it clear that as sexual arousal increases, empathy decreases making sexual assault all the more likely as situations are more ambiguous or when someone changes her mind. It is a cautionary tale for men. A call to examine for each man to examine his past and present to help ensure that #TimesUp means that time is really up.

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The Psy of Life

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Tag: Empathy

Trump’s Lack of Empathy Makes Him Dangerous And Not Just As a #COVID19 Superspreader — Part 2

Why Is He Putting So Many People At Risk For #COVID19? Trump Lacks Empathy– Part 1

‘Get a Weapon’ — A Story of Deployment, Sexual Harassment, and Sexism from The Atlantic

Incels’ Delusions of Inadequacy

I thought I was one of the good guys. Then I read the Aziz Ansari story. – Vox

A Quickie: In the Mind of a Groper like Al Franken

Rape Culture: Yes, It is ALL Men, the Evolution Argument

Where’d all the Empathy Go? The GOP & the AHCA

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