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11. Kirk supposedly didn't believe in empathy

Wed Sep 10, 2025, 07:55 PM

Sep 10

"I can't stand the word empathy, actually," Kirk says in the video. "I think empathy is a made-up, new-age term that does a lot of damage.”

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So where was the magat sympathy for the MN lawmakers??? [View all] Chicagogrl1 Sep 10 OP

And the difference in coverage is ridiculous. still-prayin4rain Sep 10 #1

Exactly!!! Chicagogrl1 Sep 10 #2

And Trump already called the Utah governor. markodochartaigh Sep 10 #3

Was none. Those people didn't make career out of talking shit Klarkashton Sep 10 #4

Exactly!!! Chicagogrl1 Sep 10 #10

That is why I have said such violence is unacceptable sarisataka Sep 10 #5

Exactly: where was it! marble falls Sep 10 #6

Oh, they suggested that Governor Walz mzmolly Sep 10 #8

Exactly! FirstLight Sep 10 #9

Kirk supposedly didn't believe in empathy Chicagogrl1 Sep 10 #11

K&R UTUSN Sep 10 #12