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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSomething the right wing, Fox, Rush and their followers lack is love and compassion
I saw this quote today on the back of a bus:
"Love and Compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive".
Ironically the modern republican tea KKK party lack love and compassion and they are willing to take the rest of us down with their rhetoric that divides us. We must fight back hard against these haters and love everybody as fellow humans regardless of race, religion or nationality.
Two more bonus Dalai Lama quotes.
"When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it also helps us develop inner happiness and peace". (Something those over at Fox will never feel)
" Love and compassion are the true religions to me. But to develop this. we do not need to believe in any religion"
Just Saying
(1,799 posts)And some women-That's what makes up the GOP. They get them all riled up and find people to blame for their problems
Feminazis
Illegal immigrants
Brown and black people
Takers
The Government
So scary!
I don't even know how to begin to reach people like that.
RainDog
(28,784 posts)and this has been demonstrated.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-wealth-reduces-compassion
Berkeley psychologists Paul Piff and Dacher Keltner ran several studies looking at whether social class (as measured by wealth, occupational prestige, and education) influences how much we care about the feelings of others. In one study, Piff and his colleagues discreetly observed the behavior of drivers at a busy four-way intersection. They found that luxury car drivers were more likely to cut off other motorists instead of waiting for their turn at the intersection. This was true for both men and women upper-class drivers, regardless of the time of day or the amount of traffic at the intersection. In a different study they found that luxury car drivers were also more likely to speed past a pedestrian trying to use a crosswalk, even after making eye contact with the pedestrian.
In order to figure out whether selfishness leads to wealth (rather than vice versa), Piff and his colleagues ran a study where they manipulated peoples class feelings. The researchers asked participants to spend a few minutes comparing themselves either to people better off or worse off than themselves financially. Afterwards, participants were shown a jar of candy and told that they could take home as much as they wanted. They were also told that the leftover candy would be given to children in a nearby laboratory. Those participants who had spent time thinking about how much better off they were compared to others ended up taking significantly more candy for themselves--leaving less behind for the children.
A related set of studies published by Keltner and his colleagues last year looked at how social class influences feelings of compassion towards people who are suffering. In one study, they found that less affluent individuals are more likely to report feeling compassion towards others on a regular basis. For example, they are more likely to agree with statements such as, I often notice people who need help, and Its important to take care of people who are vulnerable. This was true even after controlling for other factors that we know affect compassionate feelings, such as gender, ethnicity, and spiritual beliefs.
The problem in this nation is the class war the rich are waging on everyone else.
Because they think they're entitled to do so.
kentuck
(111,089 posts)isn't it?
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)suppoerting the Bigot party
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Loving their neighbors or helping the poor.