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v-charon posted...

I mean I certainly don't think he actually lived that next sentence at all. He just said it, doesn't mean he believed it. I personally don't think he had sympathy or compassion for any marginalized group. I also confess I have not sat down and listened to his podcasts or anything at any length, not willing to torture myself that way. I just know that particular quote is one I've tried to refrain from using as a knock against him because it can easily be countered by the next sentence he said; but again, I don't feel it's a sentence he actually lived by as shown by the many other things he thought and said.

Ugh, this is exactly his playbook though - say something inflammatory but hedge it with a bunch of stuff around it that lets people be able to infinitely filibuster you when you point out the inflammatory thing he said. "That's not what he said! You're taking it out of context!" It is extremely clear to me, even with the surrounding context, the message he is trying to convey; empathy is weakness.