U.S. Evangelicals Declare Empathy Toxic—Next Up: Breathing Banned
KEY POINTS
- •Conservatives including Allie Beth Stuckey and Pastor Josh McPherson claim empathy is a dangerous, 'woke' vulnerability.
- •Elon Musk stated empathy is being weaponized, causing Western civilization’s decline, though he personally supports empathy.
- •Organizations like Homeboy Industries and Repairers of the Breach emphasize empathy as central to Christian mission.
- •From 2021 to early 2023, 25 states proposed, but failed, bills to ban social-emotional learning that teaches empathy.
As America’s demographics salsa into a no-majority future within two decades, a gladiator-esque fight erupts in Christianity’s coliseum over empathy. Conservative all-stars like Allie Beth Stuckey (author of Toxic Empathy) and Pastor Josh McPherson warn empathy 'aligns you with hell'—apparently hell is socially-woke PTA meetings. Even Elon Musk lamented on Rogan’s podcast how empathy is being 'weaponized' against Western civilization, just two months after voting for good vibes on empathy. Meanwhile, heroic Catholics like Father Brendan Busse preach empathy straight from the Cross and Homeboy Industries fights gangs with it. Between 2021-23, 25 states tried to outlaw school empathy classes but failed because teachers and moderate Christians have empathy for sanity. Biblical scholar Dan McClellan reminds us scripture mixes tribal empathy (kill the Jericho kids) with Good Samaritan moments, proving the Bible is as confused about empathy as America is about figuring out its future.
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Conservatives now say empathy is 'toxic,' desperately trying to cancel kindness like a bad Netflix show while citing Jesus — who literally died out of empathy, but hey, details.
Empathy banned in 25 states but still alive in podcasts where it’s branded 'toxic'? This plot twist beats Stranger Things.
Elon Musk on Rogan says empathy causes civilizational decline. Next, he’ll claim kindness sent the Tesla stocks crashing.
Source: Axios | Published: 11/30/2025 | Author: Russell Contreras
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