It’s possible to have empathy for sinners. We’re all human.

I agree. I think the biggest issue is to not have empathy for sinners and you think you are a saint…

	▲	prewett an hour ago \| parent [-]
		> I think the biggest issue is to not have empathy for sinners and you think you are a saint… At least that's only hypocrisy (assuming you are not, in fact, actually a saint--you might have developed habits and values that mean you are not likely to sin in that way.) At some level it's not even a problem: you want to aspire to be a better person than you are right now, which means you will hold values that you do not currently measure up to. But thinking you are a saint because you have empathy is perniciously self-righteous. You can see something similar to this in the progressive movement right now, for instance.

bar8uyr 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I'm not religious. I do agree though.

But you shouldn't have empathy because you like him or anything.

You should have empathy when he proves he's changed. You can make mistakes, we all do. You don't deserve empathy.

He sells GPUs, he's not a rockstar.

quentindanjou 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's like if, after a shooting, you were worried about the shooter having to go to jail instead of wondering about the people shot.

	▲	vouwfietsman 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Indeed, except, not at all like that

spending your empathy on billionaires rather than people being screwed over by billionaires is a choice.

	▲	NetMageSCW an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Choosing who deserves empathy based on their bank account is also a choice.