Forum Overview :: Motherfucking News :: "To own the cons?" Is empathy that alien a concept to you?

[quote name="Mischief Maker"]Yeah that Flores excuse is <A HREF="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/us/politics/fact-check-republicans-family-separations-border.html">horseshit</A> and you should question the reliability of whatever news source you got that excuse from. But wow. People are outraged that the Trump administration has started tormenting children to punish their parents and the only explanation you'll countenance for this response is "they just wanna own conservatives?" You don't think there's something seriously fucked up about tearing 3-year-olds away from their parents over a misdemeanor? Was your dream of becoming a migrant fruit-picker dashed because you were undercut by undocumented immigrants? Or do you understand perfectly well how fucked up this is, but you've invested so much your identity with Trump at this point that you need to make up a satire-free Warhammer 40K scenario where it's unfortunate that you've become a cheerleader for the fascism that's overtaking the US, but you're still part of the good guys by default because your enemies are SO MUCH WORSE! Interestingly, this week I saw a fascinating piece about how scientists are finding <A HREF="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIB21WHsYYM">empathy is linked with creativity</A>. Now my next question is, do people who suppress their empathy (to prove they're not a faggot) inadvertently suppress their creativity as well, turning themselves into cynical dullards?[/quote]