Carighan Maconar@lemmy.world to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoMeet a Missouri dad who went from a ‘full-on bigot’ to fighting bathroom bans on behalf of his 16-year-old daughter: ‘When it was my child, it just flipped a switch’fortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up1411arrow-down172file-text
arrow-up1339arrow-down1external-linkMeet a Missouri dad who went from a ‘full-on bigot’ to fighting bathroom bans on behalf of his 16-year-old daughter: ‘When it was my child, it just flipped a switch’fortune.comCarighan Maconar@lemmy.world to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square81fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDeceptichumlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up131arrow-down1·7 months agoOr in other words, they’re selfish. Its only an issue when it affects them.
minus-squareAniki 🌱🌿@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down1·7 months agoI have much, much harsher words than selfish for how I describe these troglodytes.
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·7 months agoWell, It’s being selfish and lacking the forethought to muse about things that can happen to them too
minus-squareVoroxpetelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·7 months agoYes, selfish and shortsighted. Far too often their selfishness manifests in behaviour that actually hurts them too. Even if they can’t be taught empathy, I’d settle for teaching them enlightened self interest.
Or in other words, they’re selfish. Its only an issue when it affects them.
I have much, much harsher words than selfish for how I describe these troglodytes.
Well, It’s being selfish and lacking the forethought to muse about things that can happen to them too
Yes, selfish and shortsighted. Far too often their selfishness manifests in behaviour that actually hurts them too. Even if they can’t be taught empathy, I’d settle for teaching them enlightened self interest.
Same here.