Quote Originally Posted by Shuuchi View Post
Sympathy is “that’s too bad”, “things could have gone better if not for X”.
Empathy is “I feel the same pain as you”, “let us take vengeance together”.
Actually I believe you have those the wrong way around.
Empathy is 'I understand why you feel the way you do.'
Sympathy is 'I understand why you feel the way you do and actually I feel the same way too.'
To use an example that used to be in the UK news a lot, IRA sympathisers were considered to be as bad as the IRA pretty much