I gotta be blunt here... 

Just because someone is an empath doesn't mean they're automatically a good person.

A people pleaser with no concept of boundaries can easily enable and excuse an asshole's behavior instead of holding them accountable.

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re: I gotta be blunt here... 

To put things in perspective, I made this observation after going to When Furballs Strike for the first time in a year and met a guy sitting next to me at the after dinner who had this vibe about him.

I could tell the guy was what I would call a "toxic empath." A passive yet enabling wet noodle who dragged others down in a manner akin to the assholes they blindly follow. Anything positive I tried to talk about was slapped around.

A convo with him was like talking to an 8th grader from the mid 90s. He made fun of black people, but got all defensive when I called Ferrari owners douchebags.

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