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-Great Cultural Revolution
Abuse and Aggression Disguised as Empathy
2021-03-24
[LibertysTorch] Weaponized Empathy is probably the chief cultural problem of our time. Empathy is used to justify all manner of atrocious behaviors on the part of Neo-Marxists. For instance, racism is perfectly justifiable if applied to a white person. You may stereotype and demean someone so long as their skin color is pale enough, and any attempt to deflect this behavior will result in accusations of not having empathy for folks of darker complexion.

Cancel Culture ensures that it is seen as entirely legitimate to use a political hate mob to destroy a person’s business, employability, reputation, and relationships provided, of course, that empathy to the marginalized is given as an excuse. James Bond supposedly had a license to kill. Neo-Marxists have a license to cancel. They throw themselves into the task with joy and gusto.

Some readers may remember Pajama Boy of Obamacare fame. His quote encapsulates this view nicely:
Posted by:746

#4  "A Liberal Fuck is not a Democrat, but rather someone who combines political data and theory, extreme leftist views and sarcasm to win any argument while make the opponents feel terrible about themselves. I won every argument but one."

There is a difference between winning and causing the other person to decide the argument isn't worth it. Most people watching such a debate would know who actually won even if the "liberal fuck' doesn't.
Posted by: ruprecht   2021-03-24 22:17  

#3  it takes a na(r)cissist to (r)ecognize one
Posted by: Thor Thramp1570   2021-03-24 09:41  

#2  The erudite genius who wrote this article confuses empathy with sympathy.

Empathy is the capacity to understand or feel what another person is experiencing from within their frame of reference, that is, the capacity to place oneself in another's position.

Neo-Marxists can't feel empathy because they're (alongside some of their opponents) are sociopaths.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-03-24 02:16  

#1  Always loved this site
Posted by: newc   2021-03-24 00:58  

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