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Empathy for me, but not for thee (i.redd.it)

submitted 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) by Ragdoll_X@sh.itjust.works to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world

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Not even justifying his death - conservatives will whine about anyone who correctly points out the fact that neither a bulletproof vest, security, nor a good guy with a gun would have saved Charlie Kirk. But he might still be alive if 1) The U.S. had sensible gun regulations, and 2) If the right hadn't been ridiculing the very idea of empathy and celebrating every murder of their political opponents over the past 10 years.

Right-wing politics and its consequences killed Charlie Kirk.

And as the right continues to bemoan left-wing violence, it's important to remember that political violence is very much a right-wing issue: https://youtu.be/B2MB2re24oA?t=962

~~Sorry about the shitty AI audio, I was trying something new hoping that it would make the whole video-making process easier and it didn't work out at all. If you set the speed to 1.25 it'll sound a bit more reasonable.~~

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[–] devolution@lemmy.world 1 points 48 minutes ago

Empathy is a sin and we're tired of being sinners when it comes to the right.

[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago

Need so much more of this.

Every right leaning person I know is acting like they're so concerned and heart broken then calling for extermination of leftist as if they weren't always hateful or callous when someone on the left was killed

[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

"I can't stand the word 'empathy', actually. I think 'empathy' is a made-up, new-age term, and it does a lot of damage."
--Charlie Kirk

[–] CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Gun policy 👌👍

Just be happy he's dead. Stop trying to fuck around with 2a and blowing momentum.

[–] butwhyishischinabook@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

"But, but, but, but guns bad 🥺 just call the nice neighborhood police officer who lives two doors down that you've known since childhood!"

[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 67 points 9 hours ago

[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 18 points 8 hours ago

Bad faith argument, stop taking American conservatives seriously, lol. Don't you understand they argue "to win" and build a nice narrative for their crimes, not because they believe in truth and the collective good? 😓

[–] Soulg@ani.social 25 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

What's the 41% in reference to?

[–] Ragdoll_X@sh.itjust.works 51 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (2 children)

Some large-scale surveys suggest that about 40% - 41% of trans people have attempted suicide at least once in their life. There are studies that report even higher rates, and I've occasionally seen transphobes also use "43%" instead of "41%", but the latter estimate is the most famous one.

Of course, such a high rate of suicide attempts isn't met with any empathy or concern from conservatives, but with false claims that gender affirmation is harmful for trans people, and often outright glee as well.

[–] Guidy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

If we had empathy we’d pass universal healthcare - most gun deaths are suicides, more than any other form. gunviolencearchive.org. Banning guns won’t help, those people will still want to be dead. Fewer of them may succeed, but the human misery will still be there.

And by we I mean my fellow Democrats. Republicans don’t even pretend to give a shit.

[+] Cruel@programming.dev -48 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (7 children)

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[–] msage@programming.dev 6 points 5 hours ago

Conservatives never wanted to help anybody but themselves.

Not even in the meaning of 'us conservatives', but specifically 'me'.

Look at Trump.

Also LGBTQ people don't choose their life.

[–] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago

I also want to help fascists. The best way to help them is to spread their brains out on the ground. This helps them to think better.

See? we just disagree on the methods!

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 23 points 8 hours ago

He absolutely encouraged and gloated about violence to his political opponents. What the fuck are you smoking? Or are you just that ignorant?

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago

No. Nobody is "owed" empathy, you garner it through your actions and circumstances, which is why I and millions of people have absolutely zero empathy for this scumbag. This is a very simple case of you reap what you sow.

Murder can never be condoned or accepted, and it must be met with the appropriate consequences. I do however understand what would lead someone to believe their only hope for a future would be to put a bullet through this guy's neck.

It's the Luigi situation all over. Nobody condones murder, but we empathise more with the killer than with the asshole who was fucking us over.

[–] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 17 points 8 hours ago

It took me about 5min yesterday to make my opinion on him, based on his own words lol. He deserves zero empathy

[–] Droechai@piefed.blahaj.zone 14 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I saw a qoute where he wanted a patriot to bail out a person who attacked political opponents with a hammer, isnt that condoning political violence by proxy? I might be misinformed, im not in the us so I have more access to memes than proper news outlets

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 10 points 7 hours ago

Fitting username

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 19 points 9 hours ago

Shit, I can’t even remember all of their dog whistles anymore. It’s either the untreated trans suicide rate or the percentage of crimes attributed to black people. Either way, bigoted

[+] sad_detective_man@leminal.space -31 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Hey, why does anyone gaf about Paul Pelosi? I feel like there's way better examples to use

[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 31 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Because you can draw a direct line from the literal decades of conservatives throwing a TSUNAMI of violent rhetoric at Nacy Pelosi straight to the guy bashing her husband's head in with a hammer.

[–] sad_detective_man@leminal.space -2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I'm trying, man. I'm looking deep in my soul but I really can't be fucked about a stock market mogul. obviously though this seems to just be me so I need to self examine. in the meantime perhaps this is a great opportunity for C-Dawg and the Pelosi's to put aside their differences and consider how to change their perspective grifts to result in less grievous injuries together.

[–] yimyam@piefed.social 24 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

I don't think it's about whether or not Paul Pelosi is a good person or not, just about pointing out the clear and deliberate inconsistency of the right when it comes to violence

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 11 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

The issue is believing that the right has ideals.

The only ideal the right knows is egotism. What benefits me (or what I think benefits me) is good, what benefits others is bad.

All the other "ideals" they might throw around to support their point is just a smoke screen with the purpose of trying to make it look like there's other justifications for their actions apart from "I'm an egotistical asshole who can't manage to view other people as human beings".

[–] CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

They'll never learn. They are a plague.

[–] sad_detective_man@leminal.space 9 points 8 hours ago

oh, okay good point. something I REALLY need to actually check about myself is reactively going "hold up, no duh" every time somebody points out hypocrisy in fascists. I tend to forget that it's useful to some and I don't need to be the guy acting like I'm smarter than everyone else.