• kofe@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Imagine having no empathy, as if that will make the world a better place.

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        2 days ago

        Imagine having no empathy

        Eh. Our conservative leaders are telling us empathy is a weakness (literally).

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          No idea what this sentiment has to do with my reply. Not everyone that refuses the covid vaccine or uses alt medicine is a nazi.

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            True.

            But most subscribe to an ideology that is becoming more and more akin to Nazism.

            But yeah, there are people of all sorts that are just weird about vaccines and doctors and it may have nothing to do with their political beliefs. People believing that all anti-vaxxers are MAGA Nazis is just another thing MAGA Nazis have ruined for us.

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      3 days ago

      I guess it depends if he was just consuming the misinformation or if he was actively spreading the misinformation

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      World woulda been fucking better if there was help for the dude’s uncle. Please don’t be so callous.

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        There was help. Still is. These people have agency and the same access to information you and I do. If anyone believes something in spite of the available information it’s because they want to. They’re just dumb, but this kinda dumb kills other people too, not just themselves.

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        But there was help for people like this uncle. There were massive campaigns to address vaccine misinformation and conspiracy theories about COVID, to which they collectively said “No thanks, I did my own research.” What were we supposed to do, set up reeducation camps and forcibly round them up and ship them off? I can’t really see that being a viable solution.