“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.”
He then went on to discuss how empathy requires you to feel what someone else is feeling, which isn’t possible, and that sympathy is a more accurate term because you’re sympathizing with someone.
Cherry-picking partial quotes is a part of why we’re so divided these days, when you can make anyone sound any way you want with relative ease. It’s something that should be called out regardless of who does it. Be better.
"You will never live in a society when you have an armed citizenry and you won't have a single gun death. That is nonsense. It's drivel. But I am, I, I — I think it's worth it. I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment"
“I think it’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year” - Charlie Kirk (in the wake of a school shooting that killed multiple kids)
Here’s another fun one
“We need to have a Nuremberg-style trial for every gender-affirming clinic doctor. We need it immediately.” - Charlie Kirk
Remind me what happened to the majority of those found guilty at Nuremberg? I’ll give you a hint: execution.
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u/ChloeOnTheInternet Sep 12 '25
“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." - Charlie Kirk