We’ve had one defendant plead guilty. Maybe that’s a micro start.
When the planners are safely in prison where they belong, maybe there will be some momentum.
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In the meantime, expel Menendez from the Senate. All Democratic Senators who have commented have called for his ouster. I think it constitutes a majority of Democrats — so far.
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The problem is the motivation to do it.
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For example, let’s say you’re married, and your partner has acted anxious and angry lately. They come home from work agitated, and tension between you runs high. Last night at dinner, they ruminated so much about their day at work that they barely spoke to you, and when they did talk it was to complain about their long commute.
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1. Think about your partner.
2. Think about how your partner has been very stressed out the last couple of days.
3. Think about what’s been going on in your partner’s life that may be leading them to feel stressed. Are they working longer hours than usual? Were they passed over for a promotion? Did a coworker or boss say or do something that upset them?
You may not know the particulars, but if your partner comes home from work anxious and agitated every day, it’s pretty safe to assume something unpleasant happened at the office.
4. Go over the last couple of days and think about how you may have contributed to your partner’s situation. You may not be the cause of it, but are you making them feel better or worse?
Imagine yourself in the same situation. If you were having a hard time at work, how would you feel if you came home to a partner who snapped at you for complaining about your job?
5. Finally, consider things you could do or say to improve your partner’s situation. People show and accept affection in different ways. While you may appreciate little gifts as a sign of love, your partner may appreciate actions more.
Could you make them something for dinner you know they’ll enjoy? Give them a back rub? Think about what you know would lift your partner’s mood, not what you would like in the same situation.
‘Authoritarian’ GOP has become ‘dependent on violence for its identity’: historian
During a Thursday, September 28 speech in Arizona, President Joe Biden paid tribute to the late conservative Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) and sounded the alarm about the threats that “MAGA Republicans” pose to democracy in the United States.Biden’s tone was not anti-conservative. He was joined onstage by McCain’s widow, conservative activist Cindy McCain, and Biden fondly recalled his years working with John McCain in the U.S. Senate. But the president attacked the MAGA movement as dangerously authoritarian — a warning that author/history professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat agreed with during an appearance on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” a few hours after Biden’s speech.
Darsan54 Premium Member 8 months ago
Maybe rich conservatives will learn it’s better to step OVER the poor and homeless, rather than ON them? That would be a good start.
Quixotic1 8 months ago
How to revive empathy, you ask?
Start by rewarding it, and not the sociopaths in government and industry who have none.
braindead Premium Member 8 months ago
We’ve had one defendant plead guilty. Maybe that’s a micro start.
When the planners are safely in prison where they belong, maybe there will be some momentum.
.
In the meantime, expel Menendez from the Senate. All Democratic Senators who have commented have called for his ouster. I think it constitutes a majority of Democrats — so far.
CarrollJr 8 months ago
Bigots, racists and Nazis are not going to demonstrate empathy until they change completely.
Carl Premium Member 8 months ago
You can best show empathy but doing what I want. If you don’t agree with me you are not empathetic. Rinse and repeat.
Silly Season 8 months ago
How isn’t some great mystery…
Search for: How to teach empathy (children / adults)
The problem is the motivation to do it.
~
For example, let’s say you’re married, and your partner has acted anxious and angry lately. They come home from work agitated, and tension between you runs high. Last night at dinner, they ruminated so much about their day at work that they barely spoke to you, and when they did talk it was to complain about their long commute.
✁
1. Think about your partner.
2. Think about how your partner has been very stressed out the last couple of days.
3. Think about what’s been going on in your partner’s life that may be leading them to feel stressed. Are they working longer hours than usual? Were they passed over for a promotion? Did a coworker or boss say or do something that upset them?
You may not know the particulars, but if your partner comes home from work anxious and agitated every day, it’s pretty safe to assume something unpleasant happened at the office.
4. Go over the last couple of days and think about how you may have contributed to your partner’s situation. You may not be the cause of it, but are you making them feel better or worse?
Imagine yourself in the same situation. If you were having a hard time at work, how would you feel if you came home to a partner who snapped at you for complaining about your job?
5. Finally, consider things you could do or say to improve your partner’s situation. People show and accept affection in different ways. While you may appreciate little gifts as a sign of love, your partner may appreciate actions more.
Could you make them something for dinner you know they’ll enjoy? Give them a back rub? Think about what you know would lift your partner’s mood, not what you would like in the same situation.
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Psychology Today
Learn Empathy in Just 5 StepsIgnatz Premium Member 8 months ago
Stop having an obvious sociopath be the leader of one of the major political parties.
Radish the wordsmith 8 months ago
Stop voting for heartless and brainless insulting and lying republicans who want to end assistance to the poor so rich republicans can get tax breaks.
Radish the wordsmith 8 months ago
Matt Gaetz wants to shut down the USA to please lying traitor Trump the fascist despot.
Dapperdan61 Premium Member 8 months ago
Republicans learning to have empathy ? That’ll be a miracle if they ever do
gardekut 8 months ago
Gee why is it that church goers give more in every way than most of us? They must be democrats!
Radish the wordsmith 8 months ago
Consider how republicans cut all programs for poor people and give rich people like themselves tax breaks.
“One doesn’t have to operate with great malice to do great harm. The absence of understanding and empathy is sufficient.”
Charles M. Blow
Radish the wordsmith 8 months ago
‘Authoritarian’ GOP has become ‘dependent on violence for its identity’: historian
During a Thursday, September 28 speech in Arizona, President Joe Biden paid tribute to the late conservative Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) and sounded the alarm about the threats that “MAGA Republicans” pose to democracy in the United States.Biden’s tone was not anti-conservative. He was joined onstage by McCain’s widow, conservative activist Cindy McCain, and Biden fondly recalled his years working with John McCain in the U.S. Senate. But the president attacked the MAGA movement as dangerously authoritarian — a warning that author/history professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat agreed with during an appearance on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” a few hours after Biden’s speech.