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Irish_Dem

(81,136 posts)
6. How can we empathize and sympathize with evil?
Fri Sep 3, 2021, 06:06 PM
Sep 2021

We would not be expected to sympathize with the Gestapo.

It is perfectly normal to be angry at people who put themselves and others in danger.
People who refuse to do the right thing and put this country in harm's way.

It is normal to be disgusted with their behavior.

Dems are a tolerant, empathetic group and it is high time we start getting angry at the war
being waged against us and America.

As long as we have a moral core, we are not like them.

As long as we are not sociopaths, we are not like them.

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It takes a Hell of a lot more than that BigmanPigman Sep 2021 #1
Exactly choie Sep 2021 #2
+1, a majority of Dems love America and 90% of us like it here uponit7771 Sep 2021 #46
Agree 100% SharonClark Sep 2021 #51
+10 sakabatou Sep 2021 #53
dear repubs, thank you for putting me in the death camp? nt msongs Sep 2021 #3
Exactly TheRealNorth Sep 2021 #7
They don't die without leaving someone to pick up the pieces, whether orphaned children, pets, hlthe2b Sep 2021 #4
Fuck em. Ferrets are Cool Sep 2021 #5
How can we empathize and sympathize with evil? Irish_Dem Sep 2021 #6
Yep I_UndergroundPanther Sep 2021 #44
I have come to the understanding that they will be imbeciles no matter Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #8
No, we are not becoming like them. Lunabell Sep 2021 #9
No kcr Sep 2021 #10
No nt XanaDUer2 Sep 2021 #11
I really try to resist dehumanizing language, and I see a lot of it here. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2021 #12
You've become one of my favorite DUers lately. femmedem Sep 2021 #14
This is kind of you to say. Thank you. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2021 #49
Agree StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #29
I'll go out on a lonely limb and worry about it with you. femmedem Sep 2021 #13
Thank you StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #31
Happy to have your company. femmedem Sep 2021 #37
It's perfectly OK to hate christofascists. roamer65 Sep 2021 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Sep 2021 #19
Thanks, kentuck! Kid Berwyn Sep 2021 #16
Shoulda brought stock in Toilet Paper. Dan Sep 2021 #17
fascists aren't humans cadoman Sep 2021 #18
Deprogramming camps. roamer65 Sep 2021 #22
Lol, Borowitzing the kind of Democrats who imagine they're Hortensis Sep 2021 #47
Maybe like the Jewish people during the 1930s+ until 1945 should care about the Germans, Dan Sep 2021 #20
1. I'm not killing anyone myself. 2. I sleep just fine watching them literally kill themselves. Comfortably_Numb Sep 2021 #21
I am more afraid we aren't becoming more like them maxrandb Sep 2021 #23
I get your point: they are effective. We can learn from that. But there is a difference femmedem Sep 2021 #36
This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Sep 2021 #24
Why would we be afraid? Since when do we care about dead Nazis? JHB Sep 2021 #25
Especially Illinois Nazis. Comfortably_Numb Sep 2021 #45
No ProfessorGAC Sep 2021 #26
I'm disappointed and out of patience with those who refuse vaccination, Arkansas Granny Sep 2021 #27
Some are StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #28
One time I said something that showed lack of empathy for others & my younger son said, "Don't say liberal_mama Sep 2021 #30
You and your son are right. We do ourselves no good StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #32
When I was a little kid my mom would chastise me for saying I hated someone, Ocelot II Sep 2021 #33
I, for one, share your concern Ron Obvious Sep 2021 #34
When human beings are dangerous and inhumane stillcool Sep 2021 #35
Emotions just are; don't guilt people over them NJCher Sep 2021 #38
My family members spoke out against the fascists in Italy, and fought them in both WW2 theaters. Efilroft Sul Sep 2021 #39
I totally agree with you I_UndergroundPanther Sep 2021 #42
Nope. nt Crunchy Frog Sep 2021 #40
Yes. If you stare too long into the abyss, the abyss stares back into you...nt Wounded Bear Sep 2021 #41
Doesent I_UndergroundPanther Sep 2021 #43
They wouldn't piss on you if you were on fire. CrackityJones75 Sep 2021 #48
No, at least not at the top. ecstatic Sep 2021 #50
Anyone who vigorously celebrates death is not the good guy Sympthsical Sep 2021 #52
It's hard to feel sympathy for people that cause mass destruction because of ignorance and ego sakabatou Sep 2021 #54
How is any of that like becoming anything like them ? JI7 Sep 2021 #55
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