Category: Society

Toxic empathy that excuses evil sees challenger in Mary Slessor

Empathy is widely celebrated in our public life. We are told it should guide our politics, shape our policies, and soften our judgments.
Empathy is routinely elevated above truth, rather than ordered beneath it. When that happens, moral clarity is sacrificed in the name of sensitivity, and judgment is portrayed as cruelty rather than responsibility.

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Please Pray for the Release of Jimmy Lai

Jimmy Lai is a devout believer in Jesus Christ and a firm defender of democracy — a toxic combination for Communist China.
Locked away in solitary confinement since December 31, 2020, Lai was convicted by Hong Kong’s High Court on a variety of charges
The tension came to a head in August of 2020 when Jimmy Lai was arrested under China’s “National Security Law” — legislation intended to root out pro-democracy agitators and anyone whose behavior was deemed subversive.

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Media watchdog hopes ‘bellwether’ case brings a reckoning

“I have seen how these tech platforms have specifically hired psychiatrists, psychologists, neuroscientists,” the watchdog relays.
“The allegation is that these people have been hired specifically to figure out how to hook kids and adults on the platform.”A potential landmark case currently winding its way through the California court system could hold Big Social Media accountable for intentionally designing their platforms to be addictive to children and teens.

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