@andstillrise @ThemysciranLady @HobbitGirl7 @Stewart4Hobbies @libgrammylee @KSTP I haven’t seen anyone expressing sympathy for her. Acknowledging that a woman might be or is battered doesn’t mean we all have to suddenly take pity on her or feel sorry for the situation she *willfully put her own self in*. Deplorable is a choice for far too many people.
@andstillrise @ThemysciranLady @HobbitGirl7 @Stewart4Hobbies @libgrammylee @KSTP I deal with this in my job so I guess I just see dysfunction differently and don’t really feel much of anything for any individual “just b/c” their story is terrible. Plenty of people have terrible stories but don’t turn into sociopaths, enablers and sycophants. No sympathy here.
@andstillrise @ThemysciranLady @HobbitGirl7 @Stewart4Hobbies @libgrammylee @KSTP Case in point, folk always accuse me of attempting to engender sympathy for DT by discussing his mental status as if the science forces any of us to feel anything about the subjects it describes. Having a mental illness doesn’t confer sympathy any more than having diabetes does.
