Sessions: "Empathy For One Group Always Means Prejudice Against Another"...

[BlooInBloo]

Just now heard on the confirmation hearings. Quote is approximate, but very close.

Fuck you, you piece of shit bigot.

[Orrex]

1. He's a big fan of the zero-sum game, apparently

Even if his statement were correct, does it bother him that Repubs have been "empathizing" with corporations for decades, resulting in "prejudice" against individuals?

[spanone]

2. he should know with his empathy toward the kkk

[pearl]

3. What a shallow ,small man he is

A effing men, fuck you. BASTARD!

[get the red out]

4. They hate empathy

Because they don't have the character required for it.

Republicans are using it as a trigger word for their own kind at this point. And all the racist crap that comes out of freeper-land is showing what they are really about.

[madaboutharry]

5. He is a Confederate.

I can see him in a grey uniform.

And a white hood.

[Kalyke]

6. If Jeff Sessions can't walk and chew gum at the same time,

how is he electable?

I can have empathy (say, for the Palestinians) without thinking that all Jewish Israelis are guilty of some sin.

Gee, maybe Sessions should seek to venture into the gray every once in a while instead of always defining everything as either "black" or "white."

[Peacetrain]

7. So empathy for the Holocaust victims means we are prejudiced against Nazis?

Okay I'll buy that

What a mindless, thoughtless statement that was. Hopefully it will stick to him like superglue, since they are beating up on Sotomayor for the Wise Latina comment

[spanone]

8. Jefferson Beauregard "Jeff" Sessions III (aka deputy dawg)

[MurrayDelph]

24. Yeah, I was thinking about that name

You know, if you were translate that middle-name of his from French to Arabic, I believe it would be "Hussein"

[Reader Rabbit]

9. Stop projecting, you dipshit, Sessions.

You're just scared that your white, male power monopoly is in jeopardy.

Sorry about the prejudiced post, fellow DUers!

[BlooInBloo]

11. Ack! I've been caught!

:rofl:

[Reader Rabbit]

19. Edited my post to make it more clear.

It was directed at Sessions, not your OP!

:hi:

[seabeckind]

10. He is speaking to his supporters

He is exactly what they want. They don't want anyone who might appear more intelligent than them.

Just watched a piece of Horrin ...praisin her cause she's done so well when her true place is as a domestic servant. Watta guy! :sarcasm:

[liberalmuse]

12. If the Republicans displayed 'empathy'...

that would mean they decided to stop being assholes, and that is never going to happen. Their entire premise is telling themselves its okay to be bigoted, homophobic, devoid-of-compassion degenerates, and that people who do otherwise are somehow ruining America.

[Canuckistanian]

13. So he's an equal opportunity hater?

By that logic, he has empathy for NO ONE.

I think that makes him a clinical sociopath.

[Fresh_Start]

14. in that case, will he admit the same about being Christian?

and if so, since he admits prejudice toward Christianity, how about acknowledging the discrimination to non-Christians

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

15. No, it doesn't, you stupid git.

:banghead:

[panader0]

16. I fail to see the logic of that statement.

It's like saying, "I really like rib-eye steak, so that means I must dislike sirloin."

[surrealAmerican]

17. Does anybody here have the exact quote?

It's much more effective to use their actual words, instead of a paraphrase.

[BlooInBloo]

18. I'll look for it real quick. Should be up somewhere by now.

[blogslut]

20. "Boy"

Jeff Sessions once called a grown man (former assistant U.S. Attorney, Thomas Figures) "Boy".

If Mr. Sessions had an ounce of empathy he would have addressed Mr. Figures with respect, but he didn't. Sessions was a bigot and to this day, he is still a bigot.

[Lancer]

21. An analogy...

if you have a new baby it means you love all your other children less.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

22. In all fairness to Sessions, it's certainly proven true in his case

His career and track record has shown him display so much empathy for white supremacists and bigots that he's consistently shown prejudice against anyone who isn't white

[Orsino]

23. What does Sessions' obvious empathy for the richest one percent mean? n/t