William<p>“The deportations do not only violate the most fundamental rights of due process. They also exemplify MAGA officials’ utter lack of humanity for anyone who does not look, sound, and think as they do. It is the antithesis of empathy—the worst governmental abuse of power in my lifetime directed at people least able to defend themselves.” <a href="https://mast.wmclark.com/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empathy</span></a><br><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/active-empathy-is-life-changing?r=krqm&utm_medium=ios" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/contrari</span><span class="invisible">an/p/active-empathy-is-life-changing?r=krqm&utm_medium=ios</span></a></p>
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#empathy
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Peter Riley<p><a href="https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/416-spring-2025/mutual-aid/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fifthestate.org/archive/416-sp</span><span class="invisible">ring-2025/mutual-aid/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MutualAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MutualAid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RuiPreti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RuiPreti</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FifthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FifthEstate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Empathy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solidarity</span></a></p>
Animal Guardian ⓥ<p>Happily Ever Esther Farm Sanctuary 💚 <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23vegan" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vegan</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23animals" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#animals</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23pigs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pigs</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23empathy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#empathy</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23sanctuary" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sanctuary</a></p>
Sabina Knight 桑稟華<p>"The rightwing movement against <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23empathy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#empathy</a> seeks to dismantle & discredit one of the essential tools for any society – our capacity to recognize & respond to <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23suffering" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#suffering</a>. We should see the campaign against empathy . . . for what it is: a flashing red light warning of <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23fascist" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascist</a> intent."
<a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/theguardian.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@theguardian.com</a><br><br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/apr/08/empathy-sin-christian-right-musk-trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Loathe thy neighbor: Elon Musk...</a></p>
Yvonne ‘looks undocumented’<p>Lots of people rely on Jay Kuo for his insightful analysis, but his newsletter today brought tears to my eyes, maybe yours too. </p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/homecomings" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/statusku</span><span class="invisible">o/p/homecomings</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/compassion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compassion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empathy</span></a></p>
Scott Wilson<p>Even outside of <waves at all the things going on in our country>, you never know what people are dealing with. </p><p>It takes •••so little energy••• to ask how someone’s day is going, to hold the door for somebody, to help someone put that heavy bag of cat litter in their car and push away their shopping cart. </p><p>Be kind to one another! It’s free! </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/kindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kindness</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empathy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/caring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>caring</span></a></p>
PrinceOfDenmark<p>Mentioning this because of all the nonsense about how “toxic” <a href="https://mas.to/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empathy</span></a> is.</p><p>An alpha asshole can bully individuals to comply. They may obey out of fear or just to avoid fighting.</p><p>But Mark Rashid watched & saw which horse the other horses followed, who they gravitated to, who they wanted to be around. No surprise if you think about it: It’s the horses that make others feel safe, respected, & maybe even protected.</p>
Peter Riley<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Motorod" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Motorod</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empathy</span></a></p>
janhoglund<p>Life is devoted to endless destruction in the service of an endless quest for power and admiration, unmitigated by basic empathy or guilt.<br>—Bandy X. Lee et al., The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump<br><a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/sociopathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sociopathy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empathy</span></a></p>
janhoglund<p>Although sociopathy always means a lack of empathy, there is one way in which severe sociopaths do have a certain, frightening type of empathy. It is the empathy of the predator.<br>—Bandy X. Lee et al., The Dangerous Case of Donald Trum<br><a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/sociopathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sociopathy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empathy</span></a></p>
janhoglund<p>The failure of normal empathy is central to sociopathy, which is marked by an absence of guilt, intentional manipulation, and controlling or even sadistically harming others for personal power or gratification. …sociopathy is among the most severe mental disturbances.<br>—Bandy X. Lee et al., The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump<br><a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empathy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/sociopathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sociopathy</span></a></p>
janhoglund<p>…the ability to sense the feelings of one another, care about one another, and try to avoid harming one another…is called empathy. It is a characteristic of all people… Unless they are sociopaths.<br>—Bandy X. Lee et al., The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump<br><a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empathy</span></a></p>
Jordan<p>Empathy is the result of evolution.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empathy</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/empath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empath</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a></p>
Wisdom in Space<p>Snowflake is a word used by sociopaths in an attempt to discredit the notion of empathy.<br> -- John Cleese</p><p>⬆ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wisdom</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quotes</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/JohnCleese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnCleese</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Empathy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Sociopaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sociopaths</span></a></p><p>⬇ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Panorama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Panorama</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Panopainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Panopainting</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a></p>
ursae<p>Frans de Waal, primatologist, studies primate social behavior -- how they fight and reconcile, share and cooperate.<br>See his TED-talk here:<br>"The surprising science of alpha males"</p><p><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/frans_de_waal_the_surprising_science_of_alpha_males" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ted.com/talks/frans_de_waal_th</span><span class="invisible">e_surprising_science_of_alpha_males</span></a><br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/fransdewaal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fransdewaal</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/primates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>primates</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/bonobo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bonobo</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/alphamale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alphamale</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empathy</span></a></p>
Trump Watch 👀<p>MAGA’s attack on empathy is a thinly veiled defense of misogyny and toxic masculinity. When Elon Musk and the Christian right call empathy “suicidal,” they’re protecting their fragile power and patriarchal control. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23MAGA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Misogyny" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Misogyny</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ToxicMasculinity" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ToxicMasculinity</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Empathy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Empathy</a> <a href="https://www.salon.com/2025/04/11/magas-on-empathy-exposes-misogynist-fears/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.salon.com/2025/04/11/m...</a><br><br><a href="https://www.salon.com/2025/04/11/magas-on-empathy-exposes-misogynist-fears/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Elon Musk and the Christian ri...</a></p>
Frankie ✅<p>MAGA's war on empathy exposes misogynist fears</p><p>Elon Musk and the Christian right call empathy "toxic" and "suicidal" — blame their shared misogyny </p><p><a href="https://www.salon.com/2025/04/11/magas-on-empathy-exposes-misogynist-fears/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">salon.com/2025/04/11/magas-on-</span><span class="invisible">empathy-exposes-misogynist-fears/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOPCult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPCult</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misogyny</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empathy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religion</span></a></p>
FinchHaven sfba<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@AmandaMarcotte" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AmandaMarcotte</span></a></span> </p><p>"But what they're really worried about is that empathy is *feminine*."</p><p>Funny coming from a "man" with hair plugs and testosterone treatments and who uses IFV to procreate his spawn </p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Empathy</span></a> #<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Feminine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Feminine</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/IFV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IFV</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"I have never seen an anti-feminist backlash quite like the one we are living through. The embrace of misogyny is thorough and unapologetic. It transcends just about every aspect of this administration, from the president down through his followers.</p><p>~ Jill Filipovic</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chaos</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/suicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>suicide</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empathy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/morality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>morality</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religion</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WhiteChristianNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteChristianNationalism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misogyny</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> <br>/8</p><p><a href="https://jill.substack.com/p/boys-will-be-boys-but-women-are-too" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jill.substack.com/p/boys-will-</span><span class="invisible">be-boys-but-women-are-too</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>'“To me, this disparagement marks a step in the destruction of our multicultural democracy, and provides a path from the verbal dehumanization of others to ope' discrimination and maltreatment.” ...</p><p>We are witnessing the construction of the ideological architecture to excuse violence and suffering on a mass scale."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chaos</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/suicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>suicide</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empathy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/morality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>morality</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religion</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WhiteChristianNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteChristianNationalism</span></a><br>/7</p>
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