SirSmoothAES comments on "Republicans and evangelicals increasingly see empathy as a danger that can lead society away from God."

"Republicans and evangelicals increasingly see empathy as a danger that can lead society away from God." (thelemmy.club)

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https://religionnews.com/2026/10/20/an-empathy-gap-divides-americans-ahead-of-the-midterms-say-prri-report/

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[–] SirSmoothAES@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 12 hours ago (1 child)

Above all else evangelicals want to feel good about their bigotry and use religion as a shield for said bigotry.

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[–] WokePalpatine@hexbear.net 16 points 12 hours ago*

Yeah, seeing "I'm christian" is just white identitarianism a lot of the time. A lot of these people I see don't go to church and are using being white as being moral vs. immigrants/foreigners.

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