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Re:Okay, Feminism, It’s Time We Had a Talk About Empathy (2013) by Puts on Friday July 24, 2015 @10:35AM (#9942248)
I think we need to start recognizing that this is just the sign of low intelligence. You can not argue with people who are judgmental. It's just like arguing with a drunk. Whatever you say is just waste of time and energy and by even going in to the discussion you let them drag you down to their level.
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Re:Okay, Feminism, It’s Time We Had a Talk About Empathy (2013) by forgetsusername on Friday July 24, 2015 @10:56AM (#9942395)
>"we need to start recognizing that this is just the sign of low intelligence" >"You can not argue with people who are judgmental"

You should think about what you're saying.

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Re:Okay, Feminism, It’s Time We Had a Talk About Empathy (2013) by mrits on Friday July 24, 2015 @11:25AM (#9942602)
It is not a sign of low intelligence. Just like being religious is not a sign of low intelligence. What we need to realize is extremely bright people choose to identify with ideas that are not true. Personally I think it comes social evolution and the need to belong to a group. It would be impossible to get along with everyone unless we were willing to compromise our personal beliefs and values to some extent.
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Re:Okay, Feminism, It’s Time We Had a Talk About Empathy (2013) by morgante on Saturday July 25, 2015 @03:22AM (#9946864)
> Just like being religious is not a sign of low intelligence.

It's not a 100% accurate sign, but it's certainly a pretty good signal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religiosity_and_intelligence#S...

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Re:Okay, Feminism, It’s Time We Had a Talk About Empathy (2013) by vijayr on Friday July 24, 2015 @10:42AM (#9942294)
even going in to the discussion you let them drag you down to their level

Not only that, it also encourages them to argue even more in future. These types of people have already formed an opinion and then search for reasons to believe what they chose to believe. The best thing to do in such situations is to walk away.

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Re:Okay, Feminism, It’s Time We Had a Talk About Empathy (2013) by justizin on Friday July 24, 2015 @11:55AM (#9942838)
> The best thing to do in such situations is to walk away.

Unfortunately, if that is the reaction to something like a patch being rejected because it came from a woman, being non-confrontational and ignoring someone who is an idiot, but has power, galvanizes their idiotic power.

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Re:Okay, Feminism, It’s Time We Had a Talk About Empathy (2013) by GFK_of_xmaspast on Friday July 24, 2015 @11:46AM (#9942772)
I've known many otherwise-smart people who are racist and sexist as fuck, usually due to shitty upbringing or radicalization.
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