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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: "I feel your pain" Nice thing to say to someone or not? [View all]tularetom
(23,664 posts)4. Considering the source (the 1992 source that is), at best it's insincere
To be brutally frank, when it comes out of the mouth of a politician as glib as Bill Clinton, it's simply bullshit.
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Used by a friend it may mean something. Used by a politician it's a crock of shit platitude.
CBGLuthier
Jan 2016
#2
Is yelling I feel your pain at an AIDS activist really an expression of empathy from a Presidential
merrily
Feb 2016
#37
It's a sign of human empathy. Tho there are other tones of voice, I'm going with empathy...
Hekate
Jan 2016
#9
I'm personally convinced that universal health care would have saved my child
Fumesucker
Jan 2016
#11
As I already said, I go by personal history and other interactions. In your case...
Hekate
Feb 2016
#39
Most other times it is glib and insincere unless you have suffered the same thing.
snagglepuss
Jan 2016
#10
You might recall I apologized to you in the earlier thread, you continued to insult me
Fumesucker
Feb 2016
#22
I might say it over trivial matters. "My boss is such an asshole. He's making me work this weekend
Ed Suspicious
Feb 2016
#27