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markie

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12. I was castigated

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sun Dec 28, 2025, 02:46 PM

5 hrs ago

awhile back for saying every congressperson (well, just anti-gun control) ought to have a child killed/harmed by gun violence... ** now, I certainly didn't mean it, although it seems it may be the only way to get gun control in this country

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The conservative ethos distilled. [View all] Swede 8 hrs ago OP

This Freddie 8 hrs ago #1

some of us get it from empathy NJCher 6 hrs ago #10

AKA FAFO nt eppur_se_muova 3 hrs ago #15

And if they get through it RandomNumbers 8 hrs ago #2

K&R ck4829 8 hrs ago #3

What I found conservatives want to conserve: lastlib 7 hrs ago #4

John Kenneth Galbraith: "The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; sop 7 hrs ago #5

Meghan McCain, the greatest mind of our generation. mr715 7 hrs ago #6

Wilhoit's law. usonian 6 hrs ago #7

The life of living in a bubble Uncle Joe 6 hrs ago #8

Dipping her toe into the swamp xuplate 6 hrs ago #9

It's the missing empathy gene again -- likely the leading cause of "conservatism" (nt) William Seger 5 hrs ago #11

Empathy is the child of imagination, which conservatives apply in a highly selective' fashion. nt eppur_se_muova 2 hrs ago #16

I was castigated markie 5 hrs ago #12

I call it the Empathy Divide Tasmanian Devil 5 hrs ago #13

Republicans tend to be terrible on issues that don't affect them personally; usually pretty good on those that do. Fil1957 5 hrs ago #14