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Initech

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9. Trump could shoot someone on 5th avenue.

Reply to StrictlyRockers (Original post)

Wed Oct 29, 2025, 10:04 PM

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And not only would people not care, Fox and Newsmax would be actively convincing people that the shooter was the enemy or that it didn't happen, or both.

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"Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy." [View all] StrictlyRockers Wednesday OP

precisely true normalynn Wednesday #1

Musk is a profoundly fucked up human, as is Trump, Miller, Vought, Johnson, Tuberville, Comer, etc. Blues Heron Wednesday #2

And compassion. Clouds Passing Wednesday #3

I'll believe that any empathetic human can be turned into a monster if their lives depend on it. erronis Wednesday #4

If Schopenhauer's observations are correct, compassion is the basis of morality pat_k Wednesday #5

I think that evil is much larger than the absence of empathy. milestogo Wednesday #6

Like this guy...? Grins Wednesday #7

From 65 years ago, Codifer Wednesday #8

Trump could shoot someone on 5th avenue. Initech Wednesday #9

Lack of empathy may be a requisite for evil, but not the definition of it Martin Eden Yesterday #10

Lack of empathy was praised by Kirk too. Jbraybarten Yesterday #11

There's lack of empathy & compassionate, plus Active Cruelty electric_blue68 Yesterday #12