Trumpers Now Attack Empathy

Trumpers Now Attack Empathy

Of all the horrible things that hard-right populism is doing to our country, maybe the worst is the attack on one of our best human traits. Empathy, you might think, is a good thing. But not to hard-right Christian nationalists according to a recent AP story. “Empathy becomes toxic when it encourages you to affirm sin, validate lies or support destructive policies,” said Allie Beth Stuckey, author of “Toxic Empathy: How Progressives Exploit Chri…