I'm going to push back on this little-And at the same time be a hypocrite. I think it's important to be able to look at someone's view point and have some "empathy" on why they think a certain way. Figuring out their specific situation, what experiences caused them to think this way, essentially looking into their window of perspective. That is empathy to me and isn't a crutch. That's a super power in how we can have a conversation when we don't agree.