The Relationship Between Disdain and Sympathy

The more I sympathize with somebody, the less I find them disgusting and vice versa. Cien Nye says that disgust is actually really different from a lot of other what she calls ugly feelings, such as envy or anxiety. So it's like, we want whatever is disgusting to be as far away from us as possible. It's like, this is not me. Get it away from me.

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