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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To us liberals, this is optically very much the vibe. Is this the case IRL? Would love to understand the thinking. [/quote]

NP. I’m a Democrat and it feels to me that the Democrats have a lot invested in [b]appearing[/b] to have empathy, but not actually having any empathy.

The Republican lack of empathy feels more honest in many respects. [/quote]

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Versus actually having empathy. I simply do not believe Democrats as a group have empathy and compassion. I used to believe that, but no longer.

I find the Republicans somewhat refreshing in that respect. They don’t pretend they have empathy and compassion. [/quote]

They’re just downright cruel. But, if that’s your thing. [/quote]

The Republicans are downright cruel and honest about it. The Democrats are downright cruel and lie about it. They share their cruelty, but their methods for portraying it to others vary. [/quote]

I’m definitely going to need examples of Dems cruelty. [/quote]

God, where to start?

- Destroying the education of the most vulnerable students in the pandemic, leading to lifelong serious harm, in favor of trade unions that lobby for them. The data on the harm is incontrovertible, and after spring 2020, was known. Republicans showed more compassion for the most vulnerable children in the pandemic than Democrats did (and I say that as a registered Democrat in a blue state). The harms to those kids due to school closures will never be mitigated, and lives were not saved. The cynical ploy to buy party loyalty from the unions worked, and it’s obvious that’s what it was.

- Don’t even get me started on the grotesque harms promulgated on vulnerable women and children by the male supremacist movement known as trans rights. Medicalized transition of children — hotly defended and pushed by Democrats — is going to remembered in history the way lobotomies are (and that’s if it’s not remembered the way the Tuskegee poisonings/murders are).

- I live in a blue state and the progressive policies towards the homeless cannot be described as anything other than exceptionally cruel. Democrats push policies that have people die on the street.

- Defund the police is cruel, particularly as it tends to be pushed by wealthy white liberals who never have to live with the consequences.

I could go on and on and on. [/quote]

The Dems prioritized public health over school. Whether you agree with it or not, there wasn’t cruelty behind it.

Your second point is crazy. Dem inclusivity isn’t intended as cruelty. Also, that “cruelty” wouldn’t affect you. Unlike all of the felon’s plans affecting large swaths of Americans.

I will never talk to MAGA again about the police. You do not back the blue whatsoever.

Are you saying that Dems killed people on the street because they didn’t force them into shelters? [/quote]

This response is an excellent example of how Democrats are more interested in appearing empathetic than actually being empathetic.

True empathy requires a willingness to be critically honest with oneself about failures and cruelties. And “I didn’t mean it” or “we didn’t intend cruelty” is not a defense: if cruelty is an impact of policies promulgated by Democrats, good intentions when implementing those policies are irrelevant—unless you care more about the appearance of empathy versus actual empathy.

You refuse to look soberly at the cruel impact of Democratic policies, you lash out with name-calling, and when cornered, you attack. You really demonstrated the point made earlier that ego is what drives Democrats, not actual empathy. [/quote]

I think you’re moving the goalposts. Are you talking about the party or individuals? I didn’t call you a name. I said your point was crazy. I suggested you’re a hypocrite because of your calling out Dems on police because some crazy leftists said to defund the police. Is that cruel? Is it any more cruel than actually repeatedly attacking police officers on 1/6?

But, I will say now that it sounds like you’re angry so you’re projecting it on Dems and/or me. The irony is lost on you because you didn’t show any empathy in your post, only ego. [/quote]

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