#sympathizer

ABC News reporter Matt Gutman blasted for calling texts from Charlie Kirk assassination suspect Tyler Robinson ‘very touching’

An ABC News correspondent is getting panned for his bizarre empathetic and gushing interpretation of the text messages between accused Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson and his transgender partner which were revealed Tuesday.

Reporter Matt Gutman breathlessly reported from the Kirk assassination press conference in Utah Tuesday — presenting the deranged killer’s apparent confessional texts as “intimate,” “fulsome,” and “very touching.”

Robert Downey Jr is in Bangkok now!

FYl: Still filming the Sympathizer!! 🎬🎥

To sympathize with a character means: You pity them. You feel sorry for them. You believe that they do not deserve to suffer the consequences of their actions.

To empathize with a character means: You have taken the time to imagine yourself in their shoes and consider their complexity. You understand why they did what they did, even if you still morally disagree with their actions.

There is a difference.

He gets to be with people that he can trust, even if he doesn't really know them, for the first time probably ever.

He's told to play pranks on the Ninja by his uncle, he gets to behave like an actual child for once.

But he had to go far enough to destroy the kid's home (which at the time was his last remnant of his brother figure, Wilbur) and just.... hhh.

(11/01/2023)