Empathy is a bad word now?

[AllentownJake]

Seriously the GOP is now against Empathy? With all the supposed Christians in the GOP you'd think that Empathy would be a good thing.

1. Identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives.

For a party that so wraps itself with a person from history that taught and exemplified this value I'd expect they'd be ok with Empathy.

[dgibby]

1. The definition of evil=lack of empathy.

[MrModerate]

2. Collectively, the 'Lican commentariat has the judgement and discernment . . .

Of a wide-mouth bass. They strike at every lure trolled out by the dems, and prove over and over again that they're not fit for serious adult occupations (and neither are the politicians they pimp for) -- especially leadership positions.

Jumping down the throat of "empathy" is a suuuuure winner with the American people. Sheesh!

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[Lorien]

4. Empathy, compassion, kindness, charity...

all "anti-American" wussy liberal sentiments which the Conservative Goddess Ayn Rand would not approve of. Every person for themselves! Greed is good! Pull yerself up by yer own bootstraps! To each his own! Empathy makes you soft on crime and depravity, didn't you get the memo?

As I posted on another thread; the Repugs in Florida want this license plate because torture, suffering and death for our "sins" is the only part they see:



This one would be extremely offensive to them:

[AllentownJake]

5. Both are offensive to me

I don't know anyone from the region of the world that Yeshua came from that looks like that.

[Lorien]

7. Sorry man, that's the best I could come up with on Google image search

aside from the nose on the second one he looks almost just like a very close friend of mine 20 years ago. My friend is Jewish; of the house of David.

On edit: friend's pic :

[BlooInBloo]

6. Anything that involves a non-(white male) is by definition reverse-racism...

and hence bad.

And yes - it is understood that "empathy" is code for "non-(white man)". Hence instead of insulting *them*, the fools actually insult all empathetic white men.

:rofl:

[burning rain]

12. Pretty much... and a corollary of that conservative "reasoning" is that....

a white (especially male) / Christian / heterosexual pick is in any situation assumed to be "the best qualified," while a minority is "affirmative action." Putzes.

[Odin2005]

8. Capitalism and Greed by definition hates Empathy.

The Free-Market Theologians only care about "rational self-interest", empathy is "emotionally-driven ideological fluff" to them. if you can understand the pain of others and walk in other peoples' shoes you can't be Good Randoid.

They are sociopaths.

[YvonneCa]

9. "We have the opportunity to make a habit of EMPATHY...

...to recognize ourselves in each other."

---President Barack Obama in recent speech (and I can't for the life of me remember which one :7 ).

[xenussister]

11. Here you go

Ha, I just happened to have this thread still open in another window (one of the about 50 threads I still have open).

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8366309


The problem with not being able to check DU all the time all day is that something will happen, there will be flurries of conversation about said thing, then later on everyone will assume that everyone else knows what the reference is. By then the original threads have been pushed down and waaaay out of view.

So, excuse me, but, did something happen regarding empathy? Who said what? What's the OP about?

[AllentownJake]

16. The GOP is jumping on Obama's statement that he wants a judge

who has the ability for empathy.

Its supposedly now a code word for liberal activist.

From what I can read, the entire Temple scene in the Bible is one of the first recorded acts in history of liberal activism.

[YvonneCa]

19. Thank you! I think empathy is a good topic...

...for national conversation. One of the major tasks we Democrats have right now is to teach Americans how OUR policies help all Americans...so that the GOP can't use their tired, old, worn-out, selfish arguments anymore. The GOP has a VERY selfish view of the world...they want to do away with safety-nets for people in real need. And some of those same people are still voting for the GOP. Discussing empathy is a good way to start that conversation.

[applegrove]

10. The people on the right in the USA are always teaching each other to be cold and lack empathy. That

is what psychopaths do when they get others to persecute a certain person or group.

[omega minimo]

13. In GD P it is

:yoiks:

[LatteLibertine]

14. IMO

Sociopaths also lack integrity, and conscience. That is they are missing internal dynamics such as; empathic concern, integrity, and conscience. We aren't born with these things and they are instilled in us when we are young.

I've heard some Conservatives say, "I love to help the helpless, not the clueless, and that's what's going on far too often today." I don't completely disagree with that. I think empathic concern needs to be tempered with a degree of prudence and common sense.

So we should not be jaded and hard-hearted nor should be be simple marks to be manipulated. Some sociopaths do indeed use empathic concern against the practitioner.

Yes, personally, I would rather be a "sucker" than a "bastard".

[AllentownJake]

15. There is a story I heard a long time ago

I think this has its origins in Buddhism and I believe I heard it on a Pema Chodron tape.

A woman goes to a wise man and asks him for help to get help for her sick baby who is dying. The wise man gives her money. Later one of the wise man's friend who also gave the woman money comes to him Irate. I just found out we were duped. There was no sick baby.

The wise man says that is great news. The man's friend irate yells "we were duped!" "How is this great news!"

The wise man says, there is no sick baby.

[Hekate]

17. It's just Rove and Gingrich going "neener neener neener" at EVERYthing emanating from Dems...

They're schoolyard bullies who've managed to take their unevolved behavior quite far in the world. Their day is past and their plans are in ruins, or at least I certainly hope so, because as long as they still have mouths they'll still be dangerous.

Something Gandalf said, I think, as Wormtongue was driven away: that he still had the capacity to do harm in some small, mean way.

Hekate

[bulloney]

18. The brain of the modern conservative Christian cannot process anything like empathy.

They're too focused on themselves and you can only get so much out of the half-dozen brain cells that they typically have.

[Wednesdays]

20. K&R

:kick:

[librechik]

21. Yeah--it might keep you from torturing people--and that's the new litmus test

for the GOP

[libodem]

22. sorta like how

'tolerance' is a bad word?