sympathize

There are crime stories propelled by tragic anti-heroes, and then there’s “Task,” a story that beckons us to understand and sympathize with Robbie as a man floating between grace and the unerring gravity of reality.

We’ve long been sold fables about robots yearning to be more human — to love us, guard us and sympathize with us before replacing us.

I didn’t quite feel as indulgent toward Josh, but not because I didn’t sympathize with his struggles.

And yet I sympathize — and even agree — with what Gonzalez was really getting at, as imperfect and bumbling as she was.

In the general population, more Americans, 46% sympathize more with Israelis, compared to 33% who sympathize more with Palestinians, though sympathies have been shifting away from Israelis and towards Palestinians in recent years.