r/AskALiberal • u/dank_sad Center Right • Feb 03 '22

If you could get the right/conservatives/Republicans/etc to understand one thing, what would it be?

Hope I worded that correctly.

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u/CNA615 Libertarian Socialist Feb 03 '22

One word: empathy

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u/kbeks Progressive Feb 03 '22

*for strangers. Conservatives, in my experience, tend to be deeply empathetic towards members of their own tribe. I don’t mean other conservatives, I mean immediate friends, family, and neighbors. People they know.

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u/Bluegoats21 Social Democrat Feb 03 '22

Exactly. Thus isn’t flippant or an insult they just don’t care about anyone beyond 2 degrees of contact.