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Why did they lie?

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/09/charlie-kirk-shooter-groyper/684244/

July 10, 2026: I have been vindicated.

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Empathy for Dummies 9 months ago

you're unlikely to permit yourself to empathize with anything else besides your ingroup.

But in your example you described an attitude of depraved indifference, which is exactly how I described the motivations of many drug dealers, including ones I know and that you do not.

Empathy for Dummies 10 months ago

On re-read I may have been caught by Poe's Law here, in which case Thank God. I need sarcasm tags.

Empathy for Dummies 10 months ago

There goes that empathy. Glad you do in fact realize that dealing fentanyl is wrong. Not something fantastic people do.

Edit: After your edit you seem to have found a rationale for rounding up and executing drug dealers "because reasons" so I think we're all done here.

Empathy for Dummies 10 months ago

"I'm sorry ma'am. Your son is dead, but the drug dealer is FASCINATING. No you won't be able to tell."

Empathy for Dummies 10 months ago

So I've taken a deep dive into the mind of the local fentanyl dealer. I feel every emotion he has. I'm motivated by his motivations. He doesn't want to go to jail for dealing fentanyl. He doesn't care about the people who die from using his fentanyl. What was the point of this exercise?