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Because the "gain empathy" argument is condescending and insulting.


What makes it condescending or insulting? I'm not seeing either one.


You're not seeing it because you are trapped in a class guilt, social justice seeking, identity politics bubble.


You don't know whether I'm trapped in anything, and I certainly feel no particular guilt at all about being a white dude; none at all.

Now, what's condescending or insulting?




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