Empathy in Politics – The Interfaith Intrepid

The Weight of the World and the Dread That Never Ends

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I hate that phrase — crashing out. It’s a bit cringe, I know. But lately, honestly, that’s the best way I can describe how I’ve been feeling. Like I’ve been slowly crashing the fuck out. My energy, my focus, my optimism — all of it. Just crashing. It’s like the world’s gotten so heavy thatContinue reading “The Weight of the World and the Dread That Never Ends”

Radical Empathy in a Fractured World: Changing Hearts Instead of Fighting Hate

In today’s political landscape, the prevailing advice among progressives often seems to be: “How do we deal with right-wing extremists?” or “How do we counter conservatives who have gone too far?” This approach, however, is fundamentally flawed. Framing engagement with political opponents as a problem to be “dealt with” presupposes that confrontation, punishment, or exclusionContinue reading “Radical Empathy in a Fractured World: Changing Hearts Instead of Fighting Hate”

When We Lose Our Empathy, We Lose the Fight

As someone who sits firmly on the left—who identifies as a progressive, as a leftist—it frustrates me deeply when I see members of our own movement engaging in the very behaviors we so often criticize in others. One trend that’s been bothering me more and more lately is how some progressives, liberals, and leftists speakContinue reading “When We Lose Our Empathy, We Lose the Fight”