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It has already been demonstrated on this thread that there is more generosity. Generosity comes in more than one form. You may answer, as others have on this thread, that money doesn't have anything to do with empathy. On a direct basis, that is true. However, as at least one poster has pointed out on this thread, no one person truly knows the heart/mind/motivations of another. Another possible reason you may have the view you do is that you may look at Republicans as some monolithic block that you hold in contempt, rather than looking at Republicans as individuals who happen to be Republicans. My aunt is a Republican. She volunteered to cut the nails of the residents of a nursing home for over 20 years. She got started with this via cutting my grandmother's nails (her mother) at the same nursing home and saw that other ladies were in the same boat nail wise. The nursing home was pretty expensive, and in an expensive area, but nail maintenance beyond some ridiculous minimum wasn't covered. I think the residents enjoyed the visits possibly even more than the benefit to their nails.
Most Republicans I know have deep disdain for poor people, believing if they are given money that they will only head straight for the bar, casino, or liquor store with it.
Despite espousing "christian values", why do most republicans lack empathy for others? Bill Maher covers this so well. Gay rights, health care, etc - a republican will only support them after they are personally affected by them.
Despite espousing "christian values", why do most republicans lack empathy for others? Bill Maher covers this so well. Gay rights, health care, etc - a republican will only support them after they are personally affected by them.
What does stealing have to do with empathy? The dark overlord, otherwise known as Cheney, has empathy for gays because of his gay daughter. While his party's base, not so much.
If a majority of Republicans had gay daughters, there would be a lot more empathy in the Republican Party. See how that works?
I am more of a non liberal than a Republican, but no I don't see how that works.
This is how it works:
You don't care.
if you cared you would give.
We will make you care.
Oh and if you are gay and have a gay daughter, I don't care. If you steal from me because you think I care or don't care, I care a lot.
Nevertheless, most Republicans are quite bitterly opposed to legalization of marijuana. Many of them are still opposed even if the law only allowed if for medical purposes.
If I had to guess many of them are being pragmatic. When a freedom loving sort smokes dope and derails a train, they tend to socialize the the fall out. Liberal leftist want to be free to be drunks but don't want others to be free from paying the bill.
However I am even more pragmatic because prohibition doesn't work. I just want the freedom to stay away from drunks and dope smokers.
What does a political affiliation have to do with empathy?
Stealing from one group and giving to another is not empathetic,charitable, compassionate, etc. so stop kidding yourself
Lord help us all: Empathy is the capacity to understand or feel what another being (a human or non-human animal) is experiencing from within the other being's frame of reference,
Despite espousing "christian values", why do most republicans lack empathy for others? Bill Maher covers this so well. Gay rights, health care, etc - a republican will only support them after they are personally affected by them.
In fairness, the concept of something happening to you that causes you to change an opinion on something is not Republican exclusive. It does happen to them more. Granted, this seems to be pretty exclusive to social issues. A pro-traditional marriage conservative's daughter comes out as gay and suddenly, his position on same sex marriage softens up a bit. We see it more with social issues because they're entirely determined by empathy. Understanding a gay person makes you more likely not not think they're evil degenerates. Ignorance leads you to think they are.
Things like healthcare are different. Conservative opposition of things like universal healthcare are not due to a lack of empathy. Not entirely anyway. The ones who just go right to the "freeloader" argument probably do lack empathy (and often intelligence). But there are logistical and principled arguments against universal healthcare. A lack of empathy can exist. In regards to college tuition, my father worked during high school and was able to pay for college. I couldn't do that. I'd have to work well over 17 hours a week for over 4 years to afford tuition at a state school, and that's assuming I didn't eat while at university. While I think there are also strong arguments and a more progressive plan for publicly funded college tuition, there are parts of that which lack empathy.
What does stealing have to do with empathy? The dark overlord, otherwise known as Cheney, has empathy for gays because of his gay daughter. While his party's base, not so much.
If a majority of Republicans had gay daughters, there would be a lot more empathy in the Republican Party. See how that works?
How ridiculous. If you believe being gay is a matter of biology and not choice, are you saying that you think Democrats have a larger percentage of gay children than Republicans?
Most Republicans I know have deep disdain for poor people, believing if they are given money that they will only head straight for the bar, casino, or liquor store with it.
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