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-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
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.”