Care and pity are two different things.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Pity addresses the perceived suffering, not the whole individual.
Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul.
Pity is a benign form of abuse.
To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.
Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.
It's a mistake to confuse pity with love.
Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness.
Compassion doesn't, of course, mean feeling sorry for people, or pity, which is how the word has become emasculated in a way.
Pity sidesteps complexity in favor of narratives that we're comfortable with, reducing the nuances of a person's experience to a sound bite.
Pity is just another form of abuse.