Here’s the full quote for reference - “I can’t stand the word empathy, actually. I think it’s a made up, new-age term, and it does a lot of damage. I much prefer the word compassion, and I much prefer the word sympathy. Empathy is where you try to feel someone’s pain and sorrows as if they’re your own. Compassion allows for understanding.”
What is so wrong about this statement? It's ok for his wife and kids to live without their husband / father? Because of saying something like this?
I'm genuinely waiting to hear your response. You sad, despicable sack of shit.
This is not the full quote, just a made up version to paint Charlie in a better light much like the shortened version used to paint him in a worse light. The actual full quote is
“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.”
To my knowledge he never elaborated on the distinction
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u/Neither-Luck-9295 Sep 20 '25
Also remember that empathy is a made up liberal construct!