Jeff Sessions Claims He Doesn’t Know What Empathy Is [View All]

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I KNEW this about Conservatives! Seriously, I believe that the inability to have empathy is a form of mental illness. These people need help and intervention. Interestingly, he really *doesn't* know what the word means - the ability to identify with the emotions of another - and instead interprets it to mean personal prejudice. :shrug:
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http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/07/jeff-sessions-claims-he-doesnt-know-what-empathy-is/

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Republicans still don't know how to respond to Obama's empathy requirement for the Supreme Court. Sunday, Orrin Hatch took the rather weird position that only partisan liberals possessed the ability to understand other people.

Now, check this interview with Jefferson "The KKK Ain't That Bad" Davis Sessions:

Q: When you hear President Obama talk about nominating someone to the court who has empathy and real-world experience, do you understand what he means?

Sessions: I don't know what he means. And it's dangerous, because I don't know what empathy means. So I'm one judge and I have empathy for you and not this party, and so I'm going to rule for the one I have empathy with? So what if the guy doesn't like your haircut, or for some reason doesn't like you, is he now free to rule one way or the other based on likes, predilections, politics, personal values?