Do Conservatives Have Any Empathy At All?

[DaisyDay]

Reminds us of people who say Faux News doesn't it. Except that nobody from your side of the aisle suggests that to be immature

True, but FoxNews isn't a person and Michelle Obama pays all her own personal expenses so the "Moochelle" is not only immature but a lie.

 

[SummerMadness]

True, but FoxNews isn't a person and Michelle Obama pays all her own personal expenses so the "Moochelle" is not only immature but a lie.

The idea of calling her a mooch is meant to suggest that she has never earned anything and is leeching off the system. She is living off the taxpayer's dime. Meanwhile, every other First Lady and President have lived the same way, but now it's a problem. It's all about instilling a view of the undeserving black person taking your money and living in luxury. It's pure racism, just not in the style of Cliven Bundy or Robert Copeland.

 

[MachZer0]

True, but FoxNews isn't a person

We could consider other examples but the rationalization would likely make our heads spin

and Michelle Obama pays all her own personal expenses so the "Moochelle" is not only immature but a lie.

I suppose that depends on what you call personal. How much do you suppose you pays to fly on the presidential planes for example?

 

[MachZer0]

The idea of calling her a mooch is meant to suggest that she has never earned anything and is leeching off the system. She is living off the taxpayer's dime. Meanwhile, every other First Lady and President have lived the same way, but now it's a problem. It's all about instilling a view of the undeserving black person taking your money and living in luxury. It's pure racism, just not in the style of Cliven Bundy or Robert Copeland.

And she's from Chicago (that's racist). The difference between Michelle and other First Ladies is that she is intent on telling us how to run our lives

 

[stamperben]

And she's from Chicago (that's racist). The difference between Michelle and other First Ladies is that she is intent on telling us how to run our lives

I'd pull up the broken record but I'm on the phone.

What did she "tell" you to do? Did she tell you to eat healthy and exercise, or did she tell you to invest your money in renewable resources?

 

[Bedford]

And she's from Chicago (that's racist). The difference between Michelle and other First Ladies is that she is intent on telling us how to run our lives

The difference between Michelle Obama and Laura Bush is that Michelle Obama never killed anybody.

 

[MachZer0]

The difference between Michelle Obama and Laura Bush is that Michelle Obama never killed anybody.

She hasn't killed anybody we know about

 

[MachZer0]

I'd pull up the broken record but I'm on the phone.

What did she "tell" you to do? Did she tell you to eat healthy and exercise, or did she tell you to invest your money in renewable resources?

She's telling us how to raise our children, among other things while living off our tax money

 

[SummerMadness]

I'd pull up the broken record but I'm on the phone.

What did she "tell" you to do? Did she tell you to eat healthy and exercise, or did she tell you to invest your money in renewable resources?

You'll usually hear the same racist diatribe like saying Michelle Obama is living off of taxpayers like she's living on welfare, meanwhile this was never said of other First Ladies. They also rant about her use of Air Force One, yet they were silent when other presidents' wives did the same.

Notice that they want to make this thread about Michelle Obama. It's all about making this black woman a burden on the country. They consider her to be living a lifestyle that she does not deserve. Notice that has nothing to do with Boko Haram, these girls, this Twitter campaign, etc. This is about seeing a liberal doing something and opposing it because it must be wrong if a liberal does it.

 

[Bedford]

She's telling us how to raise our children, among other things while living off our tax money

Wrong. She lives off of her husband's salary and perks afforded the position of President.

 

[Bedford]

You'll usually hear the same racist diatribe like saying Michelle Obama is living off of taxpayers like she's living on welfare, meanwhile this was never said of other First Ladies. They also rant about her use of Air Force One, yet they were silent when other presidents' wives did the same.

Notice that they want to make this thread about Michelle Obama. It's all about making this black woman a burden on the country. They consider her to be living a lifestyle that she does not deserve. Notice that has nothing to do with Boko Haram, these girls, this Twitter campaign, etc. This is about seeing a liberal doing something and opposing it because it must be wrong if a liberal does it.

You have to admit, their posts clearly demonstrate the question in the OP being pretty accurate.

 

[MachZer0]

Wrong. She lives off of her husband's salary and perks afforded the position of President.

Plus "perks"

 

[MachZer0]

You'll usually hear the same racist diatribe like saying Michelle Obama is living off of taxpayers like she's living on welfare, meanwhile this was never said of other First Ladies. They also rant about her use of Air Force One, yet they were silent when other presidents' wives did the same.

Notice that they want to make this thread about Michelle Obama. It's all about making this black woman a burden on the country. They consider her to be living a lifestyle that she does not deserve. Notice that has nothing to do with Boko Haram, these girls, this Twitter campaign, etc. This is about seeing a liberal doing something and opposing it because it must be wrong if a liberal does it.

Let's not forget she's from Chicago?

Hint: Only one person here seems concerned with Michelle's skin color

 

[stamperben]

Plus "perks"

Do you recall that plate Laura Bush held up, the photo you dismissed? Well guess what - Perks.

 

[stamperben]

Let's not forget she's from Chicago?

Hint: Only one person here seems concerned with Michelle's skin color

Wow, a double broken record.

 

[MachZer0]

Do you recall that plate Laura Bush held up, the photo you dismissed? Well guess what - Perks.

And did she try to tell us how to live our lives?

 

[MachZer0]

Wow, a double broken record.

Dismissing the reference to her skin color are we?

 

[gnomon]

Do Conservatives Have Any Empathy At All?



I thought this was an excellent statement:

That's a terrible article.

The author utilizes perhaps the most common informal fallacy by generalizing conservatives based on one picture, which is highly subjective in itself, and a handful of responses, three, to that picture.

I found out it hardly worth reading past the authors statement regarding George Will's response. This,

George Will argued that the First Lady’s opinion would mean nothing to the “barbarians in the wild of Nigeria” (dissecting Will’s statement would require its own lengthy essay, but let’s just assume that by African “barbarians,” Will is referring to the kidnappers).

is more a statement of arrogance by the writer of the article. I would ask her to please do provide a lengthy essay on Will's statement. An essay about reading more into a person's thoughts and the fallacy of projection would be interesting when written by the person doing said thing.

The rest of the article was pointless emotional appeal given that the beginning of the article failed to put forth a valid argument.

I'm reminded of the social activism when the stories of Trayvon Martin and Shaima Alawadi first became popular. People across the country and in other parts of the world joined the "Hoodies and Hijabs" activist campaign. Of course, the complete media [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse] up of the Trayvon Martin case gave us useless dialogues about race relations and Shaima Alawadi? Her husban was convicted recently for her murder. The activist crowd essentially shrugged their shoulders and walked away with the smug self importance I feel the author of the article possesses by throwing up an easy target that makes it's living inviting controversy, Ann Coulter, and failing to paint how her actions are representative of an entire group of people.

I thank the person who posted the OP for presenting us with another fool blogger to avoid.

 

[Savior2006]

Psychological speaking most everyone has an inherent ability to have empathy. So to answer the OP, yes.

 

[stamperben]

And did she try to tell us how to live our lives?

What's that got to do with perks? And guess what? I think an additional perk is for her to make suggestions ("tell us" in your mind) on how to have healthier lives. That's any and all First Ladies.