I recently read a Substack article by Dutch Rojas titled, ”The Language of Compassion Is Doing the Work.” The title is close to the truth—but not quite. My concern is not with the logic of his argument, which is largely sound, but with the linguistic distortion that underlies many progressive approaches to modern social problems. Compassion, properly […]
Several speakers at last week’s Democratic National Convention (DNC) used the word empathy in describing the progressive liberal morality specifically as it relates to the issues of immigration and abortion. The implication is that having a greater degree of “empathy or sympathy” necessarily leads to a greater degree of altruism and the moral high ground. […]
Over the past week in response to posts and articles I have written, several people have reposted questioning my lack of empathy and sympathy and in one such post stating my hypocrisy in my claims of faith because of my lack of empathy. I believe a response is required, but before moving forward, defining the […]