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    Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Feb 21
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    Jussie appears to be a total sociopath. Nonetheless, it's worth attempting to summon compassion for people who are so astoundingly self-destructive and delusional. Not to excuse them, but to foster empathy for fellow humans even in the most extreme, damning situations.

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      1. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Feb 21
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        Why summon compassion? Because summoning hatred is socially destructive. Both for the person dispensing hate, and the person receiving it. Conscious citizens should strive instead to cultivate reactions that transcend our base instincts. And there is nothing baser than revenge.

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      2. evil monkey‏ @k1ndm0nkey Feb 21
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        Remember he was ready to testify against two innocent people...

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      3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Feb 21
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        I'm aware. People do horrible, sociopathic things all the time but that doesn't negate the obligation to summon compassion.

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      2. Saeger Ryman‏ @saegerart Feb 21
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        What purpose does empathy serve for Smollet? Reportedly he was prepared to sign a complaint and frame innocent people. He diverted a huge amount of resources from actual victims. Out of hate, he wanted to smear half the population. That's not a misguided soul, that's a villain.

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      3. Saeger Ryman‏ @saegerart Feb 21
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        It's a little tough to take such pleas for sympathy seriously in the midst of the left's ongoing virulent hatefest. They crack heads open with bike locks and lead pipes while using media to paint their victims as the violent threat. Hoax after hoax. Framing and doxing teens...

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      1. Anthony.  🎃 ☘️ ☘️ ☘️ 🎃‏ @AnthonydByrne22 Feb 21
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        Empathy for those that took advantage of empathy

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      2. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Feb 21
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        Even if true, so? We are called on to have higher aspirations.

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      1. Chris Close‏ @soclose2me Feb 21
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        Yeah maybe, but am not interested in having them front and center on the world stage, or the spokesperson/lead catalyst for a loud, abusive, minority group which continually denigrates half the nation's population. Put him in a padded room.

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      2. W T‏ @thirdgenwidget Feb 21
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        That is a very tall ask when you realize that he was trying to sow discourse between us... That said, his media co-conspirators were his tools of destruction... and perhaps even a modest amount of due diligence would have short circuited the clown show before it got started.

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      3. Bill C.‏ @billycuth Feb 21
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        I mean, this man was OK with innocent people being charged with crimes to ensure his story stood up. Being compassionate is a good trait to have, but at some point there has to be real consequence for actions like these.

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      2. Nick Szabo  🔑‏ @NickSzabo4 Feb 21
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        Compassion is productive only after justice has been served. Otherwise the main thing you are doing is bein pathologically uncompassionate to hate hoax victims past, present, and future.

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      3. Patriot‏ @Patriot8251 Feb 21
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        Compassion and justice are mutually exclusive.

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      2. Josh Rogin‏Verified account @joshrogin Feb 21
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        Bravo Michael. 100% agree. The Dalai Lama said “Compassion is the radicalism of our time.”

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      3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Feb 21
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        This is an insight one gleans from cultivating a personal meditation practice, I have found.

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      2. Efren Rojas‏ @socal_chi Feb 21
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        I’m withholding my “compassion” for people truly worthy of it. He’s not some sociopath, he’s an evil fraud. Backed up by liberal media, corrupt DNC and evil Hollywood. Having compassion for him means you have compassion for everything associated to him. It’s a big NO for me.

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      3. Efren Rojas‏ @socal_chi Feb 21
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        I’ll save my compassion for actual victims of hate crimes whom are being invalidated cuz of Jussie and co conspirators. Showing compassion toward people like him is only going to allow them to get away with this type of behavior. I will not be complicit by showing “compassion”

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      2. pir‏ @pir_anha Feb 21
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        I neither consider him a sociopath nor do I feel empathy for him. He's just some dude who let his egotism drive him off the rails, and has in the process damaged every other person who has a true story of racist/homophobic attacks. I don't hate him, but my compassion is for them.

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      3. pir‏ @pir_anha Feb 21
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        I'm not saying you're wrong, I just don't see compassion vs hatred as the only options. I don't actually feel anything about him & don't want revenge. I do think he should pay restitution, though not to the cops, but the equivalent into a victims' fund. Start with apologizing.

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      1. Scotty B, Phetasy Doctorate (PhD)‏ @ScottishDuke Feb 21
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        He had no empathy for any innocent men that he was fine pinning the crime on, so he needs to learn first before he's granted empathy from me.

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