For those inclined to tell others how to feel and express their emotions...

[littlemissmartypants]

Have you heard the interview on the anti-empathy movement?

How empathy came to be seen as a weakness in conservative circles
March 22, 20258:05 AM ET
Heard on Weekend Edition Saturday

There's a growing movement, among some conservatives, pushing back against traditional notions of empathy. What's behind it, and what might it mean, especially for Christian conservatives?

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/22/nx-s1-5321299/how-empathy-came-to-be-seen-as-a-weakness-in-conservative-circles

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❤️ pants
RESIST!! ✊️

[johnnyfins]

1. Again, if you were asked to give ONE word

to describe Jesus' actual teachings, what would that word be?

[gopiscrap]

3. Love

[Nimble_Idea]

7. actually, the correct answer is faith.

[littlemissmartypants]

9. To who?

[BigmanPigman]

2. Hear, hear!!!!!!!!

I get pissed off at the "WE" are better than this. Fuck that shit!!!! That's the BS that got us here for 8 years! NO "BOTH SIDES"BS!!!!! No "taking the high road". That is exactly what we must NOT do!!! And do not even begin to tell ME how the fuck I should feel and respond on DU! Fuck that shit!!!!!

[BigmanPigman]

6. My VERY LOUD rantings that I express in my own kitchen

are the result of watching and reading the current events of the day and it is NOT a one-time rant. It is an on-going rant from a very angry American citizen. I know my neighbors hear me and I close my windows even though I live in a very Blue area. I will not stop since expressing my emotions is healthy and if I didn't express them in the privacy of my own home I would self combust.

[Justice matters.]

5. We know that a-hole doesn't have empathy for the children he starved

to death, even after Congress duly allocated the sums for their food...

[littlemissmartypants]

8. That it's a subset of so-called "Christians" who preach this is extremely concerning. ...

But I suppose that there's no end to the permutations of disturbing cults of religion. Especially within Christianity.

[eShirl]

10. go ahead and emulate Kirk's disdain of empathy then

[littlemissmartypants]

11. I beg you pardon? Is this addressed to anyone personally or just a general directive to the population at large?

Please elaborate. I'm not sure that I understand what you mean.

Thank you. ❤️