I am not talking about violence, I am talking about demanding compassion in a lingo that does not sound harmless and non-threatening, so it is not "pretty please with sugar on top of it", but kind of challenging and angry. Um, Tumblr. I would expect this to create reactions of either fear or anger, fight-or-flight in other people and that is supposed to prevent the feeling of compassion. Yet, it is working, apparently some of this chain is not true, maybe it does not create fight-or-flight or it does but people can feel compassion while feeling that too.
Why do you think that angrily demanding compassion works?
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