Comments by "Clint Holmes" (@clintholmes2061) on "Bernie u0026 Ocasio-Cortez Shine In Response To Trump Wall Speech" video.

@DJTreviCSRecordings I feel bad for you if you think Trump is a representation of "real people" to you. To the sane real people are not narcissistic, pathological liars like Trump is.
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Thanks for covering their responses David... while the corporate media avoids talking about this like it's the plague.
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And he can just have Mexico reimburse him.
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It's cold in Canada.
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@lucienberl Your English needs work comrade.
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Meh. Most humans are quite capable of feeling empathy for people and things they have never experienced. I've never been raped but that doesn't mean I can't feel something for someone who has.
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You want my hard earned money to go for your lid Paul? Fuck you. Trumps going to make the extraterrestrial aliens pay for it.
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The hypocrisy and stupidity is strong with you.
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@dagooch2394 It's a joke. Please don't take it seriously.
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@richardbritton4675 meh. He isn't as rich as he says but he sure as fuck isn't broke. It is far more likely he doesn't release his tax returns for other reasons. Like he wants to hide his conflicts of interest and wants to avoid addressing the pittance he pays in taxes compared to the wealth he claims to have.
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That said for some personal experience is the only way they are capable of feeling empathy for a subject. For example I doubt McCain would have had the position he did on torture or homosexuality had he not been personally touched by both.
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@n0wheregrrl Ok. I don't find that surprising. It seems very consistent with what I said about McCain and seems like common sense results that I would suspect. It is not hard to understand why it's EASIER to relate to others problems after experiencing them yourself. That doesn't mean it's a REQUIREMENT and prerequisite for all empathy.
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@1369Stiles regarding, "there is a difference between empathizing with someone and relating to someone." Not really. You are drawing far too distinct a line and giving the human mind far too little credit. Empathy is, "the ability to understand and share the feelings of another" and that is the specific topic we are talking about. Humans have imagination. It allows us to imagine what it would be like to be in situations that we don't actually experience. But let's take your concepts and draw them out even further. Let's say what you are saying is true. That the only way for me to "relate" to a rape victim is to have been raped. Does that mean that as a rape victim I can "relate" to every rape victim? As if every rape is the same? Or do I only get relate to my own, very specific experience because, according to you the only way to relate is through direct experience and that is the only rape I've directly experienced?
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@btccoins5514 regarding, "read your own statement, you said it and you don't realize it" I honestly have no clue what you are trying to say... and it doesn't bother me that I don't.
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@btccoins5514 regarding, "If the person never experienced financial hardship in their life, do you really think that rich person could related to working person? Your logic say that yes, rich person WILL understand of what struggling working people are going through b/c they just "know"." Sigh... No. I am not saying that the rich person WILL (I find it especially funny how you put this terrible, terrible, terrible, strawman argument point in all caps) understand. I am saying that they, assuming they are not a sociopath, are capable of understanding. That rich person has a brain. That brain allows them to imagine what it would be like if, for example, all of a sudden their bank account was at zero. That people, who aren't severely damaged, have the they are capable of imagining being in situations they don't experience. Do you have as much trouble understanding this concept in another direction? Just because I've never been a professional athlete does that mean I'm incapable of understanding how sweet that might be?
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What does that say about you if you actually believe that and are here commenting?
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@btccoins5514 regarding, "there is no point arguing with someone who don't understand their own position." Right... because I'm the one who doesn't understand my position... not you. Regarding, "About Pro Athlete, most people see ONLY glamor side of it but what they failed to realize to see is the hard work behind, they just think that they just became pro overnight." LMAO. Yeah. You got me. Being a pro athlete and being paid vast sums of money for playing a game that I already want to play for free sounds like total shit now that you bring up "hard work." Or maybe I'm not a lazy fuck who is fine with hard work and have already done it already... without the same rewards for it.
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@n0wheregrrl Yes, that was my misunderstanding. I mistakenly thought you were disagreeing with a point I made. I'm obviously not disagreeing with your point as demonstrated with my comparing it water being wet. I only would have found the results really interesting if they said otherwise.
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@n0wheregrrl Regarding, "it's one thing to say that, intuitively, it SEEMS... and another thing entirely to be able to say that peer-reviewed studies DEMONSTRATE that it appears to be so." Fair enough. When you bring this up this video address a study that I feel the same way about. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tu32CCA_Ig Regarding, "Your mileage may vary." Huh? I'm not sure what you are trying to say here? Are you calling me old? Because I am. One thing I'd like to add about the difference between correlation and causality... (and this is "intuitive") There is good reason to think that the type of person who is drawn to try and accumulate vast sums of wealth isn't as likely to be a very good person in general then you average person. That and the type of person who succeeds in accumulating vast sums of wealth is more likely to have engaged in other questionable decisions. There is a reason the phrase (and this is paraphrased if not correct), "behind every great fortune is a great crime" is a thing... there is truth to it. So those people that are willing to commit "great crime" are also going to be less likely to feel empathy. It isn't the money causing it... that's just who they are. They feel no empathy and they have lots of money, but one isn't causing the other. Or that the causation is in the other order and it is more apt to say that feeling no empathy causes lots of money. Because you don't care about who you are stepping on to get it.
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That deflection is used for men as well as women. I get it quite often myself... as if there aren't legit reasons to get emotional over the state of things. And as if humans who act like robots are better somehow.
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@n0wheregrrl regarding, "It's not." If you say so. I don't find this compelling when not backed up with anything of substance to go with it. Regarding, "you could say that it's the closest that science has come to proving that money really IS the root of all evil." Correlation and causality are not the same thing and you seem to be conflating the two. Regarding, "if you're interested, you should also check out the research that I posted for btc coins." Meh. I'm really not. From the cliffsnotes you have provided there is nothing really interesting about the study you are referencing and what it demonstrates seems consistent with what I'd expect. I'd be more interested if it showed something I wouldn't expect to happen. Rich people are less likely to feel empathy is akin to saying water is wet. They both fall under the duh category for me and don't draw my interest.
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@1369Stiles regarding, "you are a fucking moron." The feeling is mutual. And seeing as how walls of text are a pet peeve of mine I'm going to avoid reading the rest of your shit. I'm going to just assume it's as retarded as everything else you have said and carry on with my day.
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@teenkitsune You openly admitted you had no understanding of why some might do what they do. I offered you a logical explanation why some might do something that baffles you. Nothing more. It's not like I'm saying that warm weather needs to be important to you or something. Try not to overthink it.
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@teenkitsune Really? That isn't logical. Can I assume that you are just as baffled why people prefer going to a warm beach on vacation then going to Antarctica or someplace cold then? That you think they are just being "whiny" when they do. Stop being willfully stupid to try and make your point. You are smarter than this.
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@teenkitsune Regarding, "You're comparing apples to oranges" No. I'm not. Whether or not you want to admit it there is a logical reason people prefer warm beaches to the cold when vacationing.... and that's ONLY FOR A FUCKING VACATION. It's a tiny fraction of the time where someone spends their time. You are talking about making a decision where to spend literally all your time and you want to pretend that, for some, warm weather isn't something they can and should consider when basing that decision. Well it absolutely is for some weather (pun intended) or not you want to admit it. That isn't important to you? Fine. I don't give a shit. That's you. But you can't think and act like your priorities are the only priorities. They aren't. And to simply dismiss other's priorities as "whiny" because they don't align with yours is really fucked up. Not everyone thinks living in America is "selling their soul." You are overemphasizing the day to day impact living in the "oppressive regime" has for the average joe and minimizing the impact weather has on the average joe. I feel the weather every fucking day. I don't feel the government everyday in part because I go out my way not to. I happily live out in the middle of nowhere.
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@1369Stiles Regarding, "can i relate to dead people?" This is where you want to start? Really? Even sociopaths can relate to dead people because we have all literally experienced what's like to not be alive. Or have you always been alive? Well, being dead is probably a lot like what it was before you were born. As for all your other examples I honestly don't give a fuck what you want to think at this point. You sound like a pretty shitty person and if you find yourself incapable of relating to your girlfriends grief at losing something she loved. It's like you are trying to redefine what the word empathy means and it's tiresome.
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@btccoins5514 regarding, "There is big difference between morale and empathy" No shit. For example I've never addressed the topic of morality. Regarding, "that is the stupidest statement ever." Ok buddy. I feel bad for you as it seems clear you are incapable of feeling empathy for people and things you haven't experienced. It's quite sad. There is a word for people like that. We call them sociopaths.
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Fun fact: writing in all caps is a sign of mental illness.
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Thanks for the belly laugh dipshit.
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