▲ 1241 ▼ Alabama Mayor Kills Self After Right-Wing Blog Outs His Cross-Dressing (www.thedailybeast.com) submitted 2 years ago by Haus@kbin.social to c/news@lemmy.world 454 comments fedilink hide all child comments Bubba Copeland shot himself in front of police on Friday, days after he begged 1819 News not to expose his private life.
[+] DreamerofDays@kbin.social -7 points 2 years ago (3 children) It’s part of the cognitive dissonance peppered throughout these comments: championing empathy, showing none. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Riccosuave@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* I never said I was not empathetic. I am empathetic (see my comment above). That does not mean that I cannot also appreciate the irony in the situation. I wish this person had made different choices, and could be happy with who they were. That is not what they chose to do, and it cost them their life. There is an important lesson in that, and it cheapens their lived experience by not acknowledging where it caused them to end up. permalink fedilink source parent [–] money_loo@1337lemmy.com 5 points 2 years ago You can have empathy for the guy while also recognizing that he definitely didn’t kill himself because liberals found out and wanted to love and accept him. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago Empathy is for everyone. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Riccosuave@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* I never said I was not empathetic. I am empathetic (see my comment above). That does not mean that I cannot also appreciate the irony in the situation. I wish this person had made different choices, and could be happy with who they were. That is not what they chose to do, and it cost them their life. There is an important lesson in that, and it cheapens their lived experience by not acknowledging where it caused them to end up. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] money_loo@1337lemmy.com 5 points 2 years ago You can have empathy for the guy while also recognizing that he definitely didn’t kill himself because liberals found out and wanted to love and accept him. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago Empathy is for everyone. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago Empathy is for everyone. permalink fedilink source parent