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In reply to the discussion: Are you afraid we are becoming like them? [View all]Irish_Dem
(81,136 posts)6. How can we empathize and sympathize with evil?
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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They don't die without leaving someone to pick up the pieces, whether orphaned children, pets,
hlthe2b
Sep 2021
#4
I really try to resist dehumanizing language, and I see a lot of it here.
WhiskeyGrinder
Sep 2021
#12
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 get your point: they are effective. We can learn from that. But there is a difference
femmedem
Sep 2021
#36
I'm disappointed and out of patience with those who refuse vaccination,
Arkansas Granny
Sep 2021
#27
One time I said something that showed lack of empathy for others & my younger son said, "Don't say
liberal_mama
Sep 2021
#30
My family members spoke out against the fascists in Italy, and fought them in both WW2 theaters.
Efilroft Sul
Sep 2021
#39
Yes. If you stare too long into the abyss, the abyss stares back into you...nt
Wounded Bear
Sep 2021
#41