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Comment on Not disparaging the dead or anything. But why does it seem in the US we are expected to feel sorry for a person who overdoses on illegal drugs? Didn't they make the choice knowing the outcome?

jerkface@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

You’re asking why you are “expected” to have human empathy? I can’t answer that, but I can tell you that you are personally better off accepting and processing other people’s emotions and experiences, than you are refusing to do so. It is not only our own feelings that we can refuse to process.

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Don_Dickle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
I do have compassion for people who die of diseases or mental illnesses and stuff. But drug use I really don’t have sympathy for.

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- jerkface@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Okay, that’s not really compassion. People don’t need to deserve or earn compassion.
  
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- prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Where do you draw the line between mental illness and substance abuse disorder? Are you aware that the latter is considered by pretty much everyone on the planet, to be included in the former?
  
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