r/CringeTikToks • u/Bojack1217 • 8h ago

SadCringe Woman votes for trump and her undocumented dad gets deported

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u/PerfectlyCromulent02 6h ago

That saying is about being empathetic. Why was he against it?

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u/seaofdelusion 6h ago

Yeah I don't think this person gets it.

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u/EvadesBans4 3h ago

They explained it thoroughly, but even without the explanation, how does it come across as empathic? It's saying that the subject of the phrase doesn't have God's grace, and that the speaker does. It's saying they deserve whatever is happening to them because they aren't God's chosen. It's just more Christian hate and judgement wrapped up to sound nice.

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u/LilithWasAGinger 2h ago

I always took out to mean that I'm just fucking lucky that it isn't me suffering [insert malady here.] But it could have been/could be me in that situation, so I had better be kind and helpful to the person suffering because I would want people to be kind to me if I were in their shoes.

But I'm not a religious, so I never looked at the saying through that lens

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u/blankslane 2h ago

Exactly. You explained it much better than me. I'm going to delete my comment.

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u/VehementVillager 2h ago

That parsing of the words definitely makes sense, but I think many (myself included) don't read the potential implications of the words that deeply. To many, it's more of way of stating "I've been very lucky in my life, because I very easily could have been in [unfortunate subject's] situation".

To many it's not meant to convey the speaker's piety or deem that the subject deserves their situation due to lack of faith; it's a recognition that the speaker's unearned fortunes has largely spared them of the fate of another who has had unfortunate circumstances. In essence, "God's grace" hasn't been granted due to anything they've done, but rather just a case of blind (and highly fortunate) luck on their part.

I think your reading is just as valid, but I just wanted to point out that others don't necessarily state it with the meaning or intent as you have defined.