I personally always thought that empathy is simply figuring out why people do what they do and feel for a shitty situation they are in. Then help them work things out.
Not just believe them because they say so.
Example: You are not being empathic if you trust that a axe murderer is innocent because he says so, when he's holding the axe over a bloodied dead body. (Extreme I know, makes the point though)
PK is wrong with others not being able to see in and empathize with emotionally abused people. Usually it's
other people who tell the abused person "Hey, that's not healthy!" (Almost like the people here kept doing, huh. Go figure)
It's usually the abused person who doesn't see it right away and thinks that's just how it belongs.
Most here feel sorry for PK going through a shitty childhood and empathize with her over that. However, just because someone was abused does not mean they only tell the truth and all and every negative aspect needs to be simply set aside to feel sorry for the person. You can have a shitty past and still be a horrible person.
It would be nice of PK could follow her own words however. Let's rephrase the last part...
"empathy is hard. it's difficult. it means setting aside your negative feelings for a moment to actually LISTEN to Kiwifarms, to trust that they're telling you the truth. that's what empathy IS. twitter is NOT good at promoting that, nor is tumblr. it's a huge stage."
...weird how PK can spin a narative to tell people that they should trust her no matter what, just for it to show that PK has not been following her own teachings.