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Give the full quote. He’s saying empathy as it is used now, is used to excuse evil. Just like equity is. Words change meaning. If you can’t understand or preten
by nailer 1y ago
Give the full quote. He’s saying empathy as it is used now, is used to excuse evil. Just like equity is. Words change meaning. If you can’t understand or pretend you can’t because those are left wing examples, “make America great again” has also changed its meaning - it means something different than it would have in 2010.
- Mr_Eri_Atlov 1y ago[flagged]
- stronglikedan 1y agoThat's simply not true, and seems more like what you've heard than what you've witnessed. A common theme here it seems.
- HelloMcFly 1y agoWhat's the full quote? I can't find it. But I'm familiar with the larger talking point coming out of nationalistic right-wing Christianity around "empathy is a sin". In that movement the definition of "empathy" is unchanged, the argument is instead advanced that it is spiritually dangerous because it elevates human experience above "God's truth". This is not a widely-held belief, and is closer associated with nationalistic Christianity vs. broader American Christianity.
- judahmeek 1y agoThe quote is from the end of this video: https://www.reddit.com/r/ToiletPaperUSA/s/kzfXmBhFN9 https://www.reddit.com/r/ToiletPaperUSA/s/kzfXmBhFN9 Looks like it's from his podcast.
- npteljes 1y ago>He’s saying empathy as it is used now, is used to excuse evil What he said: "I can't stand the word empathy, actually. I think empathy is a made-up, new age term that — it does a lot of damage." If he genuinely meant what you wrote, he could have said exactly what you wrote. Also, context is very important. This empathy quote was not a misstep on his part, it fits the general narrative that he was pushing. So there is not much about it to misunderstand.
- nailer 1y agoThat’s the most obvious reason of his statement. He also said “I prefer sympathy”, but you omitted that.
- npteljes 1y agoThe important thing about these statements is not that one time he said something that people can cling to. It's that these statements are the essence of what the man was all about. He built his career, and a literal empire around this attitude, and ideology. The man was intelligent and very well spoken. I'm sure he made a lot of effort to not say the quiet parts out loud. But if you look at the entirety, the picture is clear. And these snippets of statements that are floating around represent his position correctly. Like this one too for example: “I’m sorry. If I see a Black pilot, I’m going to be like, ‘Boy, I hope he’s qualified,’” But as we later learn, this was of course just a logical statement. Not at all in like of the ever-existing racism in the US. “Of course there are qualified black and female pilots,” he later added. “But when you socially engineer racial quotas that far outstrip current demographics in a given field—especially one where the lives of passengers are on the line—it is fair to question whether someone receives the job because they’re the best or because they’re politically expedient. Screaming racism doesn’t make the plane land safely.”