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It seems that CK message got to me. Somehow, I don't feel empathy.

Have you reflected on that? The less empathy you feel, the more you are honouring his memory.

And the more you celebrate the way he died, the more his message stays true.

Weird. This started as a shitpost and then got serious.

I chose to try to feel empathy for his children and still denounce gun violence and lack of action to stop it.

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[–] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I think the conflict only comes if you are a person who feels empathy. His positions are irrelevant in the face of a human body suffering a miserable catastrophe.

The fact that he was a douchebag doesn't change the fact that a body had its neck exploded, and that probably hurt and was frightening. These are experiences. If you have empathy then you have a sort-of mirror- experience. It doesn't become joy just because he sucked as a person. That's sadism, to enjoy another body's misery.

Edit: you can appreciate the irony one moment, while at another moment empathize viscerally with the miserable experience. Then later even sadistically enjoy the suffering of "an enemy" (but be honest that it's sadism).

If you feel nothing it's partly because he's "an enemy" and he's dehumanized to some of us apes, but also the big media spectacle and all the hot takes overwhelm and override what you might otherwise feel.