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undergroundpanther Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-15-04 02:51 AM
Response to Reply #8
13. I don't get it..
You like callousness? You like being insensitive? you like dishing out verbal abuse? Why? What satisfaction do you get being callous? Do you think it looks good on you? Why?
How do you like receiving callous snippy one liner zingers? Are ya good at pretending it rolls off your back?
Callousness is just an excuse for a choice to have stunted empathy. And the woman who asked you to be kinder is not wrong for asking.

If more people were more sensitized to each other's hurt instead of insisting on posing as callous,hard nosed bad asses,Culture could change.Bullies cannot do the crap they do without a culture that tolerates and encourages them. Kindness alters how we relate to one another as equal human beings.If more people developed empathy instead of ego,our situation might actually improve.It starts when we decide to grow past our own ass-holiness enough to have compassion and see beyond what we want or prefer even when it hurts our arrogant image that isn't really who we are anyways..
Just some thoughts...

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