Confusing Empathy for Sympathy

There is a difference between sympathy and empathy. Oliver Stone has said that he wants to EMPATHIZE with the individuals he hates most, NOT SYMPATHIZE.
Response to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv1oMZ_do38

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[TannorBaker]

sweet vid brah

[cristoballs]

@HowTheWorldWorks you know just when i was building a little bit of respect for you, you completely ignored my request to issue at least some sort of retraction on your schlussel video. i don't even care if you want to ignore the fact that sean hannity knew about the scam. but for you to turn a blind eye to the evidence which proves that the freedom alliance is scam run by crooks means you're no better than they are. i see where your loyalty lies now, and it's not with liberty.

[romeosevendelta]

Again, blaming one side of the house isn't going to help anything but widen the divide.

And I'm nothing like obama.

I do what I say and i'm a terrible public speaker.

[j0hnwi11iams]

It sounds to me that you have more in common with Obama than I do. I wonder if he is wasting too much time hoping republicans will change.

[romeosevendelta]

I'm not unsure about anything. I simply believe on focusing on the issues instead of taking one side and blaming the other for everything that goes wrong.

But if you'd like to keep bickering about how republicans are responsible for this or that, go ahead. When they have the majority again, they'll do it to you too.

But if we keep taking sides, it's only a matter of time before we won't be able to call it a union any more.

[j0hnwi11iams]

You sound like an agnostic to me, unsure about who is right and not wishing to offend either side. The truth is always offensive to someone and if you're on the side of truth you're going to have to take the position that what some others say is untrue. The difference between democrats and independents is that independents don't want to acknowledge how wrong the right wing is about pretty much everything.

[romeosevendelta]

Well it's not exactly a reason either. And the huffington post isn't the first organization to do this sort of thing recently. Some righties down in texas started that about a year ago. Not that I subscribe to that left/right nonsesense...it's too devisive, in my opinion.

[j0hnwi11iams]

I am not excusing it. Liberals are very angry about the lax attitudes about the banking industry. The huffington post has started a campaign for people to start moving money out of big banks.

[romeosevendelta]

That excuse sounds familiar...

[j0hnwi11iams]

My opinion is that Obama has trusted many of the wrong people, particularly in the banking industry and the military.