May 2, 2019
8 min read
The Case Against Empathizing With Trump Supporters
Empathy isn’t the solution to our political crisis. It’s a major cause.
In an interview with the New Yorker last month, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg expressed some empathetic leanings toward Trump voters. “You saw a lot of people… who were really angry at the system,” Buttigieg said. “The system really had let…
