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 at least give it a go — and generally be slow, rather than fast to react, considerate of all positions and constituencies rather than impulsive. Unless there is a fight breaking out, best not to act on blind instinct.
-Being ''instinctively'' empathetic is not necessarily “kind”, nor fair, equitable or just. Empathy comes from the monkey brain. It doesn’t take time to reflect on with whom one should empathise: it just does it, favouring kin, familiarity, tribe and self-identity.
+Being ''instinctively'' empathetic is not necessarily “kind”, nor fair, equitable or just. Empathy comes from the monkey brain. It doesn’t take time to consider with ''whom'' one should empathise: it just does it, favouring kin, familiarity, tribe and self-identity.  Those people you most instinctively identify with.
-Empathetic responses reinforce our own values and existing worldview. It shoots without asking questions.
+Empathetic responses reinforce our own values and existing worldview. Empathy shoots without asking questions.
 ===Empathy is divisive. Compassion is unifying.===