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Here's the extended quote from Snopes.

"So the new communications strategy for Democrats, now that their polling advantage is collapsing in every single state… collapsing in Ohio. It's collapsing even in Arizona. It is now a race where Blake Masters is in striking distance. Kari Lake is doing very, very well. The new communications strategy is not to do what Bill Clinton used to do, where he would say, "I feel your pain." Instead, it is to say, "You're actually not in pain." So let's just, little, very short clip. Bill Clinton in the 1990s. It was all about empathy and sympathy. 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. But, it is very effective when it comes to politics. Sympathy, I prefer more than empathy. That's a separate topic for a different time."

How ironic that this person seems to be doing the same thing they're accusing others of doing. Maybe he made the quote twice and elaborated the 2nd time, but I couldn't find any reputable sources for it.

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[–] NuraShiny@hexbear.net 36 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Even if this is the quote, empathy is clearly real any anyone who has cried to a movie knows that. You're feeling real emotions from those and they're not even from real humans!

It's obvious of course that these fucks are just psychopaths.

[–] KobaCumTribute@hexbear.net 27 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

It's also confusing what "sympathy" means. Sympathy is feeling the same thing from having experienced it personally, empathy is trying to understand and have concern over something you haven't personally experienced. Someone saying they "hate empathy and prefer sympathy" is literally saying "I only care about things I've personally experienced, I only care about people like me".

[–] prole@hexbear.net 20 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The one time Kirk is honest about something and it's explaining how most conservatives think

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 9 points 4 weeks ago

the other time he was honest about something it was paying the price for the second amendment.

proven-wrong-1

proven-wrong-2

[–] Umechan@hexbear.net 2 points 4 weeks ago

That's what makes it so hilarious. They're fighting accusations of him being heartless with a fake quote of him making a terrible argument based on a false definition.

[–] Umechan@hexbear.net 23 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

A lot of progressives are honestly posting memes that make the quote appear far more ironic than it is in context, but the audacity of "correcting" people with an unverified quote is quite something.

I kinda hope he did actually say it, because this argument is dumb. Of course we can't literally feel what another person feels. Some have suggested it might be confusing empathy with telepathy.

[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 9 points 4 weeks ago

Some have suggested he might be confusing empathy with telepathy.

That's why it's called the woke left, because they awakened their latent psychic abilities.

They're confusing empathy the real world thing for empathy the marvel world super power

[–] segfault11@hexbear.net 18 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

you miss 420% of the thots you don’t 69 -charlie kirk

[–] The_hypnic_jerk@hexbear.net 9 points 4 weeks ago
[–] kristina@hexbear.net 17 points 4 weeks ago

ACTUALLY we are a republic not a democracy :smuglord:

[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 14 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm torn between not being able to emulate the feeling of Kirk's cold drained dead fascist corpse and Biden doing the biden-ok-smart-guy "Give me a break" on feeling empathy for the under 50s.

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 10 points 4 weeks ago

Damn I miss president dust bowl

[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 1 points 4 weeks ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[–] LaughingLion@hexbear.net 13 points 4 weeks ago

accidentally revealing that charlie kirk has antisocial personality disorder

[–] CliffordBigRedDog@hexbear.net 12 points 4 weeks ago

every damn time, that fking face surprises me at how small it is

"Hey chat gpt can you make this quote not evil?"

[–] BeanisBrain@hexbear.net 8 points 4 weeks ago

Is this what Christians mean when they talk about "the sin of empathy"