Thanks for clarifying.

And while I understood your post was sarcastic, it feels like your response to me is a way of not owning what you’ve written, i.e., “It’s…

Thanks for clarifying.

And while I understood your post was sarcastic, it feels like your response to me is a way of not owning what you’ve written, i.e., “It’s just sarcasm!”

That’s one of the reasons I don’t flirt with sarcasm in my communications.

Also, I remember learning the etymology of the word back in the 1990s (and just double checked this). It’s from Greek, “to rend (flesh)” and the prefix is “sarco” as in “sarcophagus.”

This speaks to my original point about empathy. If I have empathy for someone, I’m not going to rend their flesh, either literally or with words.

Anyway, I do understand that tensions are high so am not writing this to be hyper critical but more to offer opportunity for reflection. I’m an expat Yank living in Japan (since 2004) and watching the US all these years from a distance (while also staying close to it via social media), my concern has been the growing chasm between people and what they may lead to. I think even after the COVID-19 crisis becomes another chapter of our history, the crisis of our divisions are likely to remain if we aren’t mindful of how we contribute to those divisions.