What is it about Oprah’s many segments on child abuse or a news story’s flash of a child’s picture with a description of a previously known sexual offender that makes most people teary eyed and totally sympathetic but makes more personal stories much less worthy of the same attention?
This is not a long post but more of an honest interest in the answer. I find that people identify with strangers more than they allow themselves to sympathize with those they know and care about. If anything, shouldn’t the hurt of another realize the pain of a friend, relative, romantic interest etc?
Help me figure this out…
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