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There’s a full-court press to discredit empathy as an ethos. So much so that even casual blogs and news outlets that don’t even have a horse in the race will still entertain the topic because it gets them the clicks.
I smiled at every charlie kirk lowered flag and gathering as it was like pissing all over him and everything he believed in. I wanted to join in and add my empathy to what happened to him and the situation of his family.