A nod to empathy on Election Day
I posted this on Facebook today, and I’m sharing it here: I voted for empathy in this election. Empathy is the ability to understand and share in the feelings of another human. Those who demonstrate empathy usually translate those feelings into doing something to help someone. What a noble concept.We have a vacuum of empathy in Washington, D.C. Whether it’s a president who literally denies the existence of a pandemic that’s killed hundreds of thousands or the Republican leadership that enables him, we need to replace him and his enablers. Now. The…