John C. Reilly: “Why aren’t people on the right wing concerned about human rights? They’re human too. Elon Musk says don’t be fooled by the empathy trap. Empathy is not a trap, empathy is a superpower. It’s what makes human beings exceptional, our ability to look outside ourself”

Framework here is to villainize the right so you can feel superior as a leftist. Nobody on the right is against human rights.

Empathy is a superpower

The people on the left aren't actually empathetic at all. They just call themselves that to flatter their egos. In reality they are driven by resentment, greed and entitlement. Whenever there's a problem they want to solve with money, it's inevitably someone else's money.

Empathy in one meme designed for stupid leftists to understand the downside.

I dunno, I'd say not getting raped is a human right. The lack of empathy towards victims here is really quite astounding.

he did the meme

He doesn't house any illegal aliens across his multitude of mansions.

The R Party is concerned about human rights. Lincoln was the first R president and helped free the slaves. Most people, both Ds and Rs, don't want "human rights" to be perverted to mean letting unvetted alien criminals swarm in and take over. That is Suicidal Empathy.

Sounds lovely until wolves dress like sheep and ask for empathy

Empathy to the point that you’re allowing women to be raped by roaming packs of Islamic grooming gangs is not a superpower.

The argument isn’t “empathy is a trap” so this is a false premise. The argument is that we shouldn’t allow ourselves to fall for it when we’re asked to be empathetic in such a way that it hurts ourselves or others. Of course people should be compassionate, but is it compassionate to encourage a child that genital mutilation is safe and normal? Or is that suicidally empathetic? I mean, the kid isn’t old enough to smoke or drink or vote. But it’s “empathy” to encourage life altering experimental surgery?

Why are nearly all celebrities so ignorant and illogical? Empathy is good, but not always. If empathy is used only for 1st tier (order) outcomes without looking at 2nd, or 3rd tier consequences it’s foolish and potentially even suicidal. As someone who helps the homeless, as an example, the worst thing anyone can do is give them money on the side of the road. It may make you feel virtuous, but its outcome, 99% of the time, is destructive, precisely because the giver is ignorant of the 2nd and 3rd tier consequences.

That's not what Elon said ffs, he was talking about suicidal empathy. People incapable of nuance should be quiet!

Leftists love pretending they don’t understand what words mean

And I see zero "empathy" from the left for these Americans:

The problem is selective or lopsided empathy. So for example you can have empathy for the illegal migrant. But you should also have empathy for the legal immigrant who followed the law and came to the country the correct way. Or for the victims of illegal migrant crime. Or who are even unfortunate enough to just be in a traffic collision with or have their identity stolen by an illegal migrant. Or the people who have to pay higher rent and housing prices because of it. --Same applies to having empathy for violent criminals with mental issues. You also have to have empathy for their victims riding public transit like Irnya Zarutska. --Or the rape gang victims in the UK --Leftist empathy is in fact inhumanly cold and rewards the worst people in society. Reilly is typical of many leftists in Hollywood who remain insulated from the reasonably foreseeable consequences of the policies he supports. Fortunately there are actors like Kelsey Grammer, John Voight and Patricia Heaton who see the truth.

It sucks that shake and bake was portrayed by such a flake

What a fantastic denial of reality. Consider the following……

He’s lying and pretending. Still acting off a script.

This is like hearing an 11 year old talk about the world

if he's confused, maybe he should actually take the time to try to understand.

Don’t be fooled by a caliphate

christ this really has sent the chuds into a spiral lol

He's not exhibiting any empathy

Our most suicidal empathy may be that which we harbor for billionaires & trillionaire.

I officially love John. (always loved his acting)

God … I’m so tired of the celebrity/Epstein class

Liberals don't do real empathy. What they call empathy is always just a backhanded way to trade other people's money for votes or look good to other liberals. Take those things out of the equation and you'll find that the average liberal has as much empathy as a serial killer

He's a retarded old man

Here is John C. Reilly discussing his understanding of politics:

The comments don’t pass the vibe test. No wonder the US is such a failure - they’re right, Trump is just a manifestation of the hate-filled rot in that country, not the cause. Whatever a lot of you think empathy is, you’re wrong, and also clearly incapable of experiencing.

Empathy is a superpower second, and an identity first. Yes, empathy for a rapist is cruelty to the raped. First order empathy is a midwit's trap.

What an odd assumption. It's an admission that he doesn't know any people on the right.