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turbinetree

(26,814 posts)
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 02:46 PM 5 hrs ago

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 5 hrs ago OP
She should then apply her own tenets to Mr. trump Torchlight 5 hrs ago #1
Not happening soon enough that empathy thingy is beyond reach......... turbinetree 5 hrs ago #2
These people can't function in society without blatant hypocrisy. chowder66 5 hrs ago #3
Without empathy you would have no reservations about torturing or killing others DBoon 2 hrs ago #4

Torchlight

(6,181 posts)
1. She should then apply her own tenets to Mr. trump
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 02:48 PM
5 hrs ago

“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.”

chowder66

(11,645 posts)
3. These people can't function in society without blatant hypocrisy.
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 02:54 PM
5 hrs ago

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

DBoon

(24,565 posts)
4. Without empathy you would have no reservations about torturing or killing others
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 05:00 PM
2 hrs ago

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

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