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<blockquote data-quote="BrownArmy" data-source="post: 3750540" data-attributes="member: 18225"><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/26/opinion/brett-kavanaugh-hearing-himpathy.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage" target="_blank"><strong>Rarely has society’s tendency to sympathize with powerful men been so thoroughly on display...</strong></a></p><p></p><p></p><p>"B<em>rett Kavanaugh is a “great gentleman,” President Trump said at a White House news conference last week. “<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/18/fate-of-brett-kavanaugh-hearing-unclear-as-senate-scrambles-to-set-terms" target="_blank">I feel so badly for him</a>. This is not a man who deserves this.” At no point on that occasion did Mr. Trump say the name of the woman, Christine Blasey Ford, who had accused Judge Kavanaugh of sexual assault. After further allegations about Judge Kavanaugh’s behavior were reported on Sunday night, Mr. Trump <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/408221-trump-dems-trying-to-destroy-kavanaugh-with-false-accusations" target="_blank">doubled down</a>: What was going on was “most unfair” to Judge Kavanaugh, who is “an outstanding person.” </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>When it comes to the moral deficiencies exhibited by Mr. Trump and other supporters of the judge, many critics speak about lack of empathy as the problem. <strong>It isn’t.</strong> Mr. Trump, as he has shown clearly in the Kavanaugh confirmation process, seems to have no difficulty taking another person’s perspective, and then feeling and expressing a sympathetic or congruent moral emotion.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The real problem is that the people Mr. Trump feels with and for are most frequently powerful men who have been credibly accused of serious crimes and wrongdoing. He felt sorry for Michael Flynn, referring to him as a “good guy.” More recently, he felt bad for Paul Manafort. And, in the case of Judge Kavanaugh, Mr. Trump feels sorry for a man accused of sexual assault while erasing and dismissing the perspective of his female accusers...</em>"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BrownArmy, post: 3750540, member: 18225"] [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/26/opinion/brett-kavanaugh-hearing-himpathy.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage'][B]Rarely has society’s tendency to sympathize with powerful men been so thoroughly on display...[/B][/URL] "B[I]rett Kavanaugh is a “great gentleman,” President Trump said at a White House news conference last week. “[URL='https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/18/fate-of-brett-kavanaugh-hearing-unclear-as-senate-scrambles-to-set-terms']I feel so badly for him[/URL]. This is not a man who deserves this.” At no point on that occasion did Mr. Trump say the name of the woman, Christine Blasey Ford, who had accused Judge Kavanaugh of sexual assault. After further allegations about Judge Kavanaugh’s behavior were reported on Sunday night, Mr. Trump [URL='https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/408221-trump-dems-trying-to-destroy-kavanaugh-with-false-accusations']doubled down[/URL]: What was going on was “most unfair” to Judge Kavanaugh, who is “an outstanding person.” When it comes to the moral deficiencies exhibited by Mr. Trump and other supporters of the judge, many critics speak about lack of empathy as the problem. [B]It isn’t.[/B] Mr. Trump, as he has shown clearly in the Kavanaugh confirmation process, seems to have no difficulty taking another person’s perspective, and then feeling and expressing a sympathetic or congruent moral emotion. The real problem is that the people Mr. Trump feels with and for are most frequently powerful men who have been credibly accused of serious crimes and wrongdoing. He felt sorry for Michael Flynn, referring to him as a “good guy.” More recently, he felt bad for Paul Manafort. And, in the case of Judge Kavanaugh, Mr. Trump feels sorry for a man accused of sexual assault while erasing and dismissing the perspective of his female accusers...[/I]" [/QUOTE]
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