Pro@reddthat.com to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoCharlie Kirk’s Toxic Legacy of Hatred and Division: We can condemn political violence and this hideous murder while also condemning Charlie Kirk for the rotten, vile hatred he fomented.www.commondreams.orgexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1383arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1378arrow-down1external-linkCharlie Kirk’s Toxic Legacy of Hatred and Division: We can condemn political violence and this hideous murder while also condemning Charlie Kirk for the rotten, vile hatred he fomented.www.commondreams.orgPro@reddthat.com to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square49fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareGreddan@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 day agoEven he said it was OK and “worth it” if he got killed. He also said that people shouldn’t have empathy.
minus-squaretrashcan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoHe literally thought empathy was a new and made up concept.
minus-squarePunnyName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day agoIt’s worse, he didn’t think it was new. He knew it was a thing, and he was spreading the Evangelical (Christofascist) “The Sin of Empathy” rhetoric. One example: https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-enticing-sin-of-empathy
minus-squaretrashcan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoI hadn’t heard of that, thanks. Regardless of what he may have actually thought this is what he publicly stated: “I can’t stand the word empathy, actually. I think empathy is a made-up, new age term that — it does a lot of damage.” Charlie Kirk, October 2022
Even he said it was OK and “worth it” if he got killed. He also said that people shouldn’t have empathy.
He literally thought empathy was a new and made up concept.
It’s worse, he didn’t think it was new. He knew it was a thing, and he was spreading the Evangelical (Christofascist) “The Sin of Empathy” rhetoric.
One example: https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-enticing-sin-of-empathy
I hadn’t heard of that, thanks.
Regardless of what he may have actually thought this is what he publicly stated:
“I can’t stand the word empathy, actually. I think empathy is a made-up, new age term that — it does a lot of damage.”