If a war liberates kills a woman in a country you’ve never heard of, and no one posts about it on social media, did the liberation killing even happen?
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I dont understand the downvotes. If something doesnt get enough coverage/attention it tends to be forgotten.
People crave spectacle.
One person decided that I lack empathy (he doesn't know what the word means) based on this. He said as much. Possibly others read it and decided it must be true, and thus I am worthy of burial.
In the same logic, if i killed you and no one knows it, then your murder didn't happen.
Yes, and that's questionable.
If your mom dropped you as a baby and never told anyone about it, do you still have brain damage?
Yes.
Would you judge this person then for acting like they have brain damage? Do you go around making fun of disabled people?
Yes...
This is an incredibly low empathy question.
Things that you're not aware of still matter.
And this should be obvious, but a woman is a human, if she was really liberated from something, she would be aware of it. There is literally always an observer unless you're so far gone you really don't think a woman counts...
Yes, woman is a human. Humans are human. But we tend to only care about those we hear of. A woman in a dire circumstance without someone putting her on insta is still suffering just as much.
also, low empathy is a cognitive issue one cannot help. Refrain from ableism if you care for neurodivergent people. I do not need empathy to care for people.
Obviously not. We all know history started in 1997 with the launch of SixDegrees. Nothing happened before that.
Born in 1973. Can confirm nothing happened prior to 1997.
I guess if the woman somehow doesn't know. Feel like it'd be a pretty big deal to her, though.
I'm sure, but do others understand the liberation?
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