Posted on 09/15/2025 1:17:39 AM PDT by Olog-hai
The far-left New Republic, in the immediate aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, declared that Democrats’ responses condemning the killing were “too tasteful for the moment,” warned that “empathy helps prop up Republicans and Trumpists as legitimate and normal political actors,” and urged Democrats to adopt a “callous, perhaps, but short of cruel” tone — even suggesting they say, “I’m sorry his family is suffering. I wish his message would die with him.”
In an article titled “Charlie Kirk and the Empathy Trap” — with the subhead, “Democrats will never be as cruel as Republicans after a political assassination. That’s to their credit. But it may not be to their advantage” — the magazine derided conservative outrage and mocked reports of leftists celebrating Kirk’s murder, declaring: “You can go online and nut-pick the odd leftist making light of Charlie Kirk’s death.” […]
The article asked, “What is the upside to empathy these days, politically speaking? What are liberals or Democrats gaining by reaching a hand across the aisle to join in grief? The warm, fuzzy feeling of having done the right thing will hopefully be enough, because that’s all there is.”
It then spelled out the approach: “The tone I’m envisioning is callous, perhaps, but short of cruel,” even proposing lines such as, “‘I’m sorry his family is suffering. I wish his message would die with him.’ … ‘No one deserves to die an untimely death, even Charlie Kirk, a supporter of policies that have killed people far more innocent than him.’”
The piece warned Democrats to stop framing political violence as an aberration. “Stay away from the invocation that political violence is an aberration. Instead, point out that Trump, cheer-led by Kirk, has normalized it.” …
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Per wikipedia the author of that New Republic piece, Ana Marie Cox has bipolar disorder and is the survivor of a couple suicide attempts. She’s obviously suffering from several mental illness if she sincerely believes that the Dems’ problem is that they’re too kind, empathetic and polite.
These are some extremely sick hateful people. That they can be so convinced that they are superior to those who don’t agree with them is extremely disturbing. This is a level of delusion that doesn’t allow for discussion or self-reflection. It’s the kind of mindset that fueled the killings by the Bolsheviks, the death lists by Stalin, and the Holocaust.
Do the Democrats want to win future elections?
They expect to win the coming Civil War. They have the psychopaths mostly on their side.
“The left is evil” should be stated at every opportunity.
FME bipolars are immature, self-centered, cold-hearted, calculating and often quite evil. To say this author cant read the room is an understatement
EVIL!! The Democrat Party is the party of DEATH, DESTRUCTION, CRIME and DEVIANTS!!!
They have VOTE FRAUD DOWN PAT!!
So now the Dems will be “callous?” Slinging all that awful s*** about Kirk’s death was them NOT being callous?
Their “compassion” was already a mile wide and inches deep. So now it will be 0 inches deep?
Exactly. It’s scary to be here on this earth witnessing the unbelievable
Has anyone here had someone on the left comment to them that they wished the Butler assassin had better aim? I have. At least two.
These people are sick.
Scary stuff. And its real.
“...Do the Democrats want to win future elections...?”
The folks pushing this sort of crap may not be worried about elections anymore. That’s the kind of talk that comes from revolutionaries, who think they’re winning, and that they’re now strong enough to “take it to the streets”, as it were.
I hope I’m wrong about that, but we’ll see.
These folks are deranged. Their approach will only make things worse.
“This is a horrible crime. Maybe Donald Trump should consider sending the National Guard to the Capitol and arresting all the Democrat terrorist legislators.”
This post (from comment section in NYP) nails it:
Not_A_Lib DonkeypoxIsKillingAmerica
13 hours ago
The Democratic Party and its leadership have transformed our political system into something resembling a circus. This is not simply the result of poor decision-making; it reflects a consistent agenda that is weakening the foundations of our nation. Once this reality is recognized, their actions become far easier to understand.
A clear pattern emerges:
Encouraging illegal immigration through open-border policies
Appeasing hostile foreign powers rather than defending American interests
Releasing criminals while simultaneously weakening local law enforcement
Restricting the rights of law-abiding citizens, particularly the right to self-defense
Dominating media outlets to spread partisan narratives
Using the education system to indoctrinate rather than educate
Ignoring constitutional limits on government power
Rewriting or erasing elements of American history
Exploiting impeachment and election processes for political gain
Advancing candidates who openly express disdain for the country they seek to lead
These actions are not isolated. They are supported by a network of entrenched bureaucrats—often referred to as the “deep state”—that insulates Democratic leaders from accountability. The result is a system where one party operates with near-total immunity, unrestrained by the checks and balances that were designed to protect our Republic.
It is precisely for moments like this that the Founding Fathers crafted the Constitution. They understood the dangers posed by factions and unchecked power, and they sought to safeguard future generations from such threats. Today, those safeguards are being tested.
To acknowledge these realities is not to engage in partisanship, but to confront a truth: the policies being advanced are not accidental missteps. They are deliberate, and they are eroding the very nation that so many generations fought to preserve.
For those who feel isolated in their concerns, you are not alone. The sentiment is shared by millions of Americans, captured memorably in Aaron Lewis’s song “Am I the Only One.” Its popularity reflects a growing recognition that our country is in jeopardy—and that silence is no longer an option.
can you imagine a civil war with these pukes? Blue-haired overweight lesbians that don’t have guns and skinny trans-furry guys that play a lot of video games? Wow. The “fight” would take 4 seconds.
Every Marxist looks exactly like that and is overweight. You keep telling yourself that man, and stay the hell away from me.
Not in person, but I remember seeing links to social media posts that did. On a grander scale I remember seeing many posts from zero Covidians that wished people would die for not taking the jabs. That was an eye opener..
Agreed.
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