I’m not putting a value judgemental on empathy, I’m just restating that those on the left have more, and those on the right have less. (Which, again, just looking at behaviour, surprises nobody. )

Though, too be fair, I do prefer to hang out with empathetic people.

I reference 2 articles higher up in the thread. Feel free to scroll up and read.

Like I said. Both sides suck. I could go down that same path and list all the atrocities the IDF and settlers have done. Because both sides suck ass. BUT there are a LOT more dead Palestinian kids than Israeli. I don’t want my tax dollars going to support those violent bastards.

If you think the CBC and BBC are “very left wing” then you might be a biiiiit far to the right to be considered sane.

They’re both slightly left (i.e. center-center-left) and importantly, highly factual.
E.g. https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/cbc-news-canadian-broadcasting/

Never said my side was righteous. I said that one of the main differences between the left and right is empathy. This isn’t an opinion, it’s peer reviewed fact.

It’s bleeding obvious, even without the science.

Ya, I’m not talking about extremists. I’m talking about just normal everyday people.

Eh. Fits with what I see in politics, the folks voting for right winger, and my own experiences conversing with them IRL. I see no issue with making that assumption and then being pleasantly surprised the odd time it isn’t true.

Maybe it’s a North America thing, tho. It’s quite possible that the euro flavor of right wing is a more empathetic group.

I didn’t say they were “all bad.” I said they lacked empathy and I wasn’t interested in being friends with them.

Conservative and progressive brains are different.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/conservative-and-liberal-brains-might-have-some-real-differences/

And one of those differences is empathy. https://academic.oup.com/scan/article/18/1/nsad029/7175525

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust

Black reports that every Nazi concentration camp maintained its own Hollerith-Abteilung (Hollerith Department), assigned with keeping tabs on inmates through use of IBM’s punchcard technology.[2]: 351  In his book, Black charges that “without IBM’s machinery, continuing upkeep and service, as well as the supply of punch cards, whether located on-site or off-site, Hitler’s camps could have never managed the numbers they did.”[2]: 352

I’m not sure that’s true. One side has empathy. The other does not. I don’t want to be friends with someone who doesn’t have empathy.

Snapper saved my ass so hard last night! I’ve tried all the other major distros and TW is where I stayed.

Another strawman. I’m waaaay too old for TikTok. My opinions are arrived at by reading the news on CBC, BBC, and occasionally Reuters.

Isreal could have ended their border threat decades ago by NOT KILLING CIVILIANS.

Every time they murder a little schoolgirl they turn that whole family in to terrorists. It’s not rocket science. But Isreal is too far blinded by hatred and desire to expand that they can’t see the blinding obvious facts.

IBM sold “inmate” counting machines to Nazi Germany. Like, sent techs there to the camps to size up the requirements and everything. It should NOT come as a surprise that they’re back on X - they’ve never had an issue with Fascism (or any other ism) as long as they had money to spend on overpriced iron.

Nah, I don’t want that. But sure seems like Isreal does. Isreal is breeding terrorists/freedom fighters faster than the IDF can kill women and children. Stealing land doesn’t seem to help either… better try killing more civilians!

In Canada. If I get canned my severance is 1.5 years salary. (Based on length of emplyment.) It’s even better in Europe. It’s what happens when a country doesn’t flipflop between two right wing parties and actually has a party focused on the working class.

Omg, that’s hilarious!

Exactly. Always wondered what he was thinking the second time, lol!

Worked at IBM. Co-worker was in the datacenter, saw a bluescreened machine, and rebooted it. Much chaos ensued. Machine was part of a stability testing project, team running it was OTW to the DC to look at the machine, and were very confused when they arrived that it was running. “Helpful guy” was chastised, given a warning about touching machines that weren’t his responsibility.

Two weeks later. Same guy. Same machine. Same bluescreen. Guess what he did? He rebooted it. Again.

Walked to the door that day.

Nice strawman.
This isn’t a one side OR the other is shitty. This is both sides suck. I don’t want my tax dollars going to fund either.

I’d be OK if my tax dollars went to rebuilding some of the schools and hospitals the IDF bombed, and for providing food to starving civilians, tho.

Frankly, the way Isreal is behaving, it’s like they /want/ some nutter with a nuke to glaze over Juruselem. Imho, sadly, it’s just a matter of time.

Do we need AI for this? It’s already super easy to tell fake news from real.

Is it on BBC/CBC/Routers/AP? It’s probably real.

Is it on Forbes/Facebook/Xitter? It’s probably garbage.

The idiots voting for PP WANT the Trumpy carnage. It’s what they’re voting for. They’re angry and stupid and want to see people who aren’t them get hurt for being “woke.”

Trumpy shit happening down south is just going to make them want the same shit here.

Not judging the entire country. I’m judging the military and the government.

That’s one example of thousands. Good guys don’t blow up schools, or hospitals. Good guys don’t assassinate journalists. Good guys don’t punish an entire region for the acts of a terrorist.

Like I said, both sides suck. I wish my tax dollars weren’t paying for the IDFs atrocities.