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turbinetree

(26,815 posts) Mon Dec 1, 2025, 02:46 PM Yesterday

Woman posing as 'harmless church girl' identified as spearhead for MAGA's 'war on empathy'

By Nicole Charky-Chami
Published December 1, 2025 1:45 PM ET

An analyst Monday called a MAGA influencer's weaponization of her gender and crusade against empathy "especially dangerous."

Salon's Amanda Marcotte wrote in an opinion piece about far-right Christian pundit Allie Beth Stuckey and how "the right’s modern war on empathy really began with a woman."

Stuckey, a creationist and podcaster, has tried "scaring women into stopping birth control by falsely portraying it as dangerous" and has captured the attention of MAGA with her 2024 book “Toxic Empathy: How Progressives Exploit Christian Compassion,” Marcotte wrote. The concept for her book originated on her podcast "Relatable."

https://www.rawstory.com/maga-2674358656/

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“Feeling too much for someone can blind us to reality,” Stuckey said. “It can cause us to ignore the truth, the objective truth, in favor of how a person feels.”

I like Salon's Amanda Marcotte...............she is right on point in this article............

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Woman posing as 'harmless church girl' identified as spearhead for MAGA's 'war on empathy' (Original Post) turbinetree Yesterday OP

She should then apply her own tenets to Mr. trump Torchlight Yesterday #1

Not happening soon enough that empathy thingy is beyond reach......... turbinetree Yesterday #2

Zero introspection skills. travelingthrulife 7 hrs ago #7

These people can't function in society without blatant hypocrisy. chowder66 Yesterday #3

Without empathy you would have no reservations about torturing or killing others DBoon Yesterday #4

She has no empathy................nada, zilch, zero...............she's as plastic and polyvinyl wrap turbinetree 7 hrs ago #5

Straw man fallacy Mz Pip 7 hrs ago #6

It is 'empathy' that prompts her to do the things Jesus admonished her to do as a Christian. travelingthrulife 7 hrs ago #8

In another age she'd be in the crowd yelling "Crucify him!" much enjoying the spectacle. hunter 6 hrs ago #9

She worked on me, I dont care about her at all Johonny 5 hrs ago #10

Torchlight

(6,190 posts)

1. She should then apply her own tenets to Mr. trump

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Mon Dec 1, 2025, 02:48 PM

Yesterday

“Feeling too much for someone can blind us to reality,” Stuckey said. “It can cause us to ignore the truth, the objective truth, in favor of how a person feels.”

turbinetree

(26,815 posts)

2. Not happening soon enough that empathy thingy is beyond reach.........

Reply to Torchlight (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 1, 2025, 02:51 PM

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travelingthrulife

(4,026 posts)

7. Zero introspection skills.

Reply to Torchlight (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 2, 2025, 11:05 AM

7 hrs ago

chowder66

(11,647 posts)

3. These people can't function in society without blatant hypocrisy.

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Mon Dec 1, 2025, 02:54 PM

Yesterday

And the only functioning they can do is either criminal or borderline criminal.

DBoon

(24,567 posts)

4. Without empathy you would have no reservations about torturing or killing others

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Mon Dec 1, 2025, 05:00 PM

Yesterday

especially when you religion tells you they are possessed by demons

These are the people who, centuries ago, burned innocent women by claiming they were witches

turbinetree

(26,815 posts)

5. She has no empathy................nada, zilch, zero...............she's as plastic and polyvinyl wrap

Reply to DBoon (Reply #4)

Tue Dec 2, 2025, 10:43 AM

7 hrs ago

Mz Pip

(28,315 posts)

6. Straw man fallacy

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Tue Dec 2, 2025, 10:50 AM

7 hrs ago

People who feel too much are few and far between. It’s still preferable to feeling either nothing at all or contempt.

People who have empathy aren’t extremists. They are normal human beings.