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Two lifelong Republicans leave the GOP in support of trans grandchild
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this post was submitted on 22 Jul 2024
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I'm very glad they did, but it's heckin frustrating how many Republicans don't seem to care about anything that affects other people until something affects them personally. I've read variants of this article for many years.
I have read research that conservatives are high on fear and low on empathy, while progressives are high on empathy and low on fear.
And that just always clicks. It's also quite universal, in all countries.
It also really explains why Republicans only change when it happens to them: suddenly their low empathy finally gets activated and the fear goes away because it is now familiar.
I wish it didn't happen so rarely to make national news every time.