Your conclusion is worrisome. Lots of people, and lots of groups of people, have been considered "violent criminals" despite being neither violent nor criminal

Your conclusion is worrisome. Lots of people, and lots of groups of people, have been considered "violent criminals" despite being neither violent nor criminals. I can understand why worldwide empathy is a good thing regardless of how it could, conceivably, benefit those who would use it for nefarious purposes.