MAGA's war on empathy was started by a woman

[SpankMe]

23. Not sure what you mean

I'm not picking up from the article that the author is saying maga is the fault of a woman. Is there a passage you can point to that says this?

As for creating maga's war on empathy, the author makes a case that Stuckey's right-wing indictment of empathy appears to be the first that has gained major traction, to wit:

Stuckey’s book “Toxic Empathy: How Progressives Exploit Christian Compassion” came out in late 2024, but the idea for it appears to have originated on a 2022 episode of her popular podcast “Relatable.” She hadn’t yet come up with the catchphrase “toxic empathy” — which, in true trolling style, appropriates the progressive use of the term “toxic” to describe unhealthy and cruel behavior — but her basic argument is right there.

She may not be the very absolute first to do it - there might be some asshole pastor who brought it up once in the 60's somewhere. But Stucky's treatment would seem to be the first to spread widely and gain adherents. So, I think it's a fair enough generalization to say that Stucky "created" the right's war on empathy.

Part of the author's thesis - to me - is that all of the anti-woman BS Stucky is spouting is viewed by many on the right as more valid because she's a woman. If a black guy defended the cops' treatment of George Floyd using a confident tone, or if a Jew defended Hitler in the same way, people on the right would flock to these arguments like seagulls on a dumpster.