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In reply to the discussion: My capacity for empathy has become selective [View all]Butterflylady
(3,523 posts)38. I'm with you when it comes to being an agnostic.
My belief is there are 2 forms of energy at work. Positive energy that is good and negative energy that is evil. Republicans are so full of hatred and I consider that a form of evil. I too am a person of great empathy, however it's be coming harder and harder to have any for those who are helping bring this destruction about. There are some decent republicans who are trying to bring the idiot down, unfortunately not enough. To be a democrat, you have to be a person of empathy.
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Wounded Bear
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Republicans have felt that way about democrats for decades. Glad it sank in finally.
ffr
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Same here. Thanks for letting me know I'm not the only one with these feelings. n/t
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