{"id":1127,"date":"2025-10-24T07:38:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T13:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tidbitsofaudacity.com\/wordpress\/?p=1127"},"modified":"2025-10-28T17:31:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T23:31:49","slug":"the-gospel-of-fake-compassion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tidbitsofaudacity.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2025\/10\/24\/the-gospel-of-fake-compassion\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gospel of Fake Compassion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3><em>A Sermon On the Mount of Ideology, Where Truth is Blasphemy<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>In case you missed recent articles:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/tidbitsofaudacity.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/why-therapy-is-so-hard-for-men\/\">Why Therapy is So Hard For Men<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/tidbitsofaudacity.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2026\/04\/14\/according-to-research-you-and-i-are-probably-wrong\/\">According to Research, You and I Are Probably Wrong<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/tidbitsofaudacity.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/the-diary-of-existing-beliefs\/\">The Diary of Existing Beliefs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/tidbitsofaudacity.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/the-dirty-s-word\/\">The Dirty \u201cS\u201d Word<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/tidbitsofaudacity.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/dont-throw-the-message-out-with-the-mess-ups\/\">Don\u2019t Throw the Message Out With the Mess-Ups<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/tidbitsofaudacity.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/father-sheep.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1146\" width=\"734\" height=\"734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tidbitsofaudacity.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/father-sheep.png 1024w, https:\/\/tidbitsofaudacity.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/father-sheep-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/tidbitsofaudacity.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/father-sheep-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/tidbitsofaudacity.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/father-sheep-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/tidbitsofaudacity.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/father-sheep-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A former priest, a struggling comedian, and a delusional writer with diagnosed TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome) walked into a bar. Bartender said, \u201cHey Father Nathan Monk!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Who is that, you might ask? It\u2019s not important. What is also not important is the truth, apparently. The only thing that matters is the nauseating eagerness to vomit out convenient lies. As long as the lies wrap everyone in a soft blanket of false comfort. As long as no one\u2019s feelings are ruffled. Unless, of course, they dare to think differently. Then cruelty becomes a virtue. Then it\u2019s open season. The same people preaching love, acceptance, and kindness sharpen their knives the moment disagreement enters the room. That\u2019s who Father Nathan Monk is. \u201cEmpathy\u201d is one-sided. It only resides with the in-group. And if you prefer facts over feelings, then you, my friend, are the out-group. Welcome to the circus. Let me show you around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Highlights From One of His&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fathernathan.substack.com\/p\/in-the-quest-for-nuance-empathy-and\">Recent Posts<\/a>:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4><em>Empathy<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>So, you might be sitting here watching folks shrug off the death of another and saying, \u201cHow can you lack empathy? How can you lack understanding?\u201d And I am asking you the very same question. How can you lack empathy and understanding for those whom he harmed?<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>I would even go so far as to say that having such empathy is good in a sense, it means you aren\u2019t as vile as he, a man who couldn\u2019t find empathy at all for anyone, and actually demeaned empathy as weakness.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Empathy is dangerous. That was his stance. That is my stance. That is psychologist&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Against-Empathy-Case-Rational-Compassion\/dp\/0062339346\">Paul Bloom\u2019s<\/a>&nbsp;stance. That is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1111\/j.2041-6962.2011.00069.x\">Jesse Prinz\u2019s<\/a>&nbsp;stance, the professor of philosophy at the City University of New York. Empathy can never play a role in decision making. Especially major decisions, like policy. See what I mean&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tidbitsofaudacity.substack.com\/p\/does-empathy-equal-morality\">here<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/record\/1995-32987-001\">here<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/0146167214549320\">here<\/a>. This isn\u2019t new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>Charlie Kirk spent his life vilifying people.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Wrong. He said, \u201c<em>When people stop talking, that\u2019s when you get violence. That\u2019s when civil war happens.\u201d&nbsp;<\/em>He vilified ideas and policies, never people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>He turned their parents and siblings against them.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Another lie. What he actually said:&nbsp;<em>\u201cIf You Don\u2019t Fear Your Parents, You Don\u2019t Fear God! Honor your parents.\u201d &#8211; Kirk<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4><em>Gender<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>He made using the restroom a battleground.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Kirk was in no such business. He refused to bow to the Marxist ideology that compels speech. He refused to repeat a lie that sex is not biological, there are more than two genders, and that kids, who can\u2019t figure out how to tie their own shoes should be able to choose their gender and begin mutilating their body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4><em>Race<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>He called Black people less than human.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>There is&nbsp;<strong>zero<\/strong>&nbsp;evidence of this quote. The closest you\u2019ll find is: \u201c<em>If we would have said that Joy Reid and Michelle Obama and Sheila Jackson Lee and Ketanji Brown Jackson were affirmative action picks, we would have been called racists. Now they\u2019re coming out and they\u2019re saying it for us \u2026 You do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken really seriously. You had to go steal a white person\u2019s slot to go be taken somewhat seriously.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In context, what he was saying was that affirmative action, which directly and openly discriminates against white people and Asians, was the only way they could have gotten into college,&nbsp;<em><strong>based on their own admissions<\/strong><\/em>. Another way I know this wasn\u2019t about race was because he was referring to democrats. He did not refer to Carol Swain, Candace Owen, or Kimberly Klacik. Why? Because they were republicans. This was not about race to him. It was about discrimination. Against whites and Asians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4><em>2A<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>In the wake of school shootings, he told parents that their children dying in the hallways was a necessary casualty of protecting the Second Amendment.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Not even close. Here\u2019s the full quote:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I think it\u2019s worth it to have a cost of,&nbsp;<strong>unfortunately<\/strong>, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the second amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal. It is rational.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In context, he said that we, as a society, have made decisions on cost-benefit analysis; cost vs. reward. Every year, 50,000 people die in car accidents. We have decided that those 50,000 deaths are worth the cost to receive the benefit of having vehicles at our disposal to enhance our lives. One life is too many, but we know there will be car deaths, yet we still don\u2019t ban cars. The same can be said of guns. There will be no such era of zero deaths from guns. We have decided that some deaths are worth the cost of the benefit of being able to protect ourselves. First against a tyrannical government. Next against people who wouldn\u2019t abide by a gun law under any circumstance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4><em>Words&nbsp;<strong>\u2260 Violence<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>-He fomented young people to become&nbsp;<strong>violent&nbsp;<\/strong>so that he could hide behind his words and demand nuance<\/em><\/p><p><em>-Countless people have lost their lives to the&nbsp;<strong>violent&nbsp;<\/strong>rhetoric of Charlie Kirk<\/em><\/p><p><em>-Charlie Kirk was a White Christian Nationalist who promoted hate and&nbsp;<strong>violence<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Can we acknowledge that the word countless immediately comes with a fact-check symbol. Especially when the number is actually&nbsp;<strong>zero<\/strong>. Words are not violence.&nbsp;<em><strong>If words are violence, then violence is a valid, acceptable, and necessary means to suppress such words. Therefore, words \u2260 violence<\/strong><\/em>. If words are violence, then correlation = causation. But it\u2019s not. Plenty of people hear things that upset them and don\u2019t shoot a guy for it. This means that some are capable of self-control and others aren\u2019t. Which means this is an internal human condition. Not some axiomatic call to action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4><em>Quick Conclusion on the Right<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>In the aftermath of his death, the Christian Nationalists were quick, without any proof, to lay blame at the feet of the trans community<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>This part is true. Christians, republicans, conservatives everywhere jumped to this conclusion that the trans community had something to do with this. That, by itself, was reckless and reduces creditability. However, they were right. Even so, they were right too soon. The shooter was in a relationship with a trans female (a dude- for those of us who struggle with double negatives). And this could end up being something as simple as a man (a cowardly boy, really) defending his love. But the jump was irresponsible. Valid point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monk goes on to discuss Trump\u2019s comments at Kirk\u2019s memorial. Donald Trump? Why are we bringing a dumb, irresponsible comment by Trump into this? TDS at its finest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4><em>UK or US?<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>It is already happening now in other parts of the world. The mere attempt to protest is landing folks in handcuffs. We are watching our fundamental rights being stripped away from us.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Here he says \u201cother parts of the world\u201d followed by \u201c<em><strong>we<\/strong><\/em>\u201d are watching rights being stripped from \u201c<em><strong>us<\/strong><\/em>.\u201d So is it&nbsp;<em><strong>us<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<em><strong>other parts of the world<\/strong><\/em>? Other parts. It\u2019s not happening here. So he must be UK-identifying. Maybe he\u2019s Transnational.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is happening in UK and Australia will not be happening here. If it does, it will be because they figured out a way to disarm every gun-owning citizen in the country. Good luck. We have the 2<sup>nd<\/sup>&nbsp;amendment for this very reason. To resist a tyrannical government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4><em>Freedom of Speech<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>I need you to understand that what I have written here today will likely be read at my own sentencing someday, when they justify ripping me away from my children simply because I wrote words, asked questions, and openly challenged the narrative of my government.<\/em><\/p><p><em>I am begging you to do this now, because very soon, those voices will be silenced, and the only thing that you will be able to hear is propaganda being pumped by the mechanisms created and endorsed by the man you are demanding that they mourn.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>I will&nbsp;<strong>fight and die<\/strong>&nbsp;for his right, your right, anyone\u2019s right to say these things in open discourse. I will stand against suppressed and compelled speech at any turn. This will never be a thing in this country. Not without a fight they\u2019ll never forget. Having said that, this statement is merely fear-porn. Meant to stoke an emotion that cannot be backed by evidence. Nothing more. Do better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>They have lacked empathy at every moment from Columbine to Sandy Hook, but are now feigning shock that no one can mourn the wicked.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>First, I\u2019d hardly call&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/22\/media\/charlie-kirk-memorial-was-watched-by-at-least-20-million-people\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNXuepleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFzNm5ycW8xalZ2MTdzU0VkAR4S9EmO_ZLN-pbFvCk_g8OUoxBCWaDUMWq08N_T4fi-_t6XJg2wXfHptc9JJA_aem_UrAtyIdWNLA7Z9K_S1WUrw\">22 million people<\/a>&nbsp;\u201cno one.\u201d The difference here is that Kirk was killed because of his beliefs. What he said. The spoken word. And when that child aimed his gun, he was aiming at viewpoint diversity. He was aiming at the right to free speech. He was aiming at every Christian and every white person that is tired of being the subject of blatant racism, mockery, and discrimination in the name of \u201cprogress.\u201d This makes the claims of comparing this to school shootings&nbsp;<em>baseless<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4><em>Immigration<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>Listen to the hurt and pain and reality from those whom Charlie Kirk wished to see deported, arrested, and executed.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>On record, Kirk is quoted as saying that people who are here&nbsp;<strong>illegally<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>committed crimes<\/strong>&nbsp;should be deported. Read that again.&nbsp;<em><strong>Here illegally and committed a crime<\/strong><\/em>. This is why empathy is so dangerous. This is the same emotion that led people to fall in love with Ted Bundy and others like him. When you\u2019re empathizing with someone, you put on blinders, apply a spotlight, and shut out the rest of the world, including good judgment and common sense. And here it is on display. We are empathizing with those who are here illegally and committed a crime over those who are here legally and have not committed crimes. That\u2019s as close to insanity as one can get without saying that sex is not biological.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4><em>Unilateral Violence?<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>Make no mistake, they will suddenly find the motivation to stop violence. But they will use violence to do so.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some names of those who used violence in the name of justified retribution:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Tyler Robinson \u2013 Kirk\u2019s killer. Dating one with Gender Dysphoria (F64.0)<\/li><li>Robert Westman \u2013 Minnesota Christian school shooter. Suffered from Gender Dysphoria (F64.0)<\/li><li>Audrey Hale \u2013 Nashville Christian school shooter. Suffered from Gender Dysphoria (F64.0)<\/li><li>Thomas Crooks \u2013 Attempted assassination of Trump. Likely suffered from a schizotypal disorder or MDD.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As you see here, feelings have bulldozed facts into submission. The facts are plain: Kirk said aloud what countless Americans quietly believed. He wanted fairness. He wanted an honest, level playing field. No racial handouts. No college admissions based on anything other than merit. That\u2019s not unreasonable. And it\u2019s not new.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/contemporarythinkers.org\/thomas-sowell\/essay\/affirmative-action-worldwide-disaster\/#:~:text=Excerpt:,the%20stage%20of%20social%20disaster.\">Thomas Sowell<\/a>&nbsp;has been saying it for decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kirk wanted freedom from compelled speech. The right not to parrot rhetoric he didn\u2019t believe. He stood by the science of sex and biology. Truths humanity has understood, validated, and lived by for centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, Kirk stumbled. He went about it clumsily, made mistakes, and sometimes undercut his own cause. But to twist that into&nbsp;<em>\u201che called for violence,\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<em>\u201che encouraged racism,\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<em>\u201che was fine with children dying\u201d?<\/em>&nbsp;That\u2019s not just dishonest, it\u2019s malicious. On a generous day, it\u2019s intellectual cowardice. On a darker day, it reeks of Cluster B theatrics, psychotic distortion, and a sadistic Marxist project that thrives on smearing rather than understanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Name-calling is always easier than introspection. It takes no courage to sneer, but it takes discipline to ask:&nbsp;<em>Where might I be wrong?<\/em>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<em>Where might another perspective be just as valid?<\/em>&nbsp;Some can\u2019t manage that. They can\u2019t fathom why the whole world doesn\u2019t fall in line with their view. So they elevate feelings above facts, emotion above evidence. Forgetting that policy is meant to serve the majority, not the loudest 1% screaming from the rooftops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay Classy GP!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grainger<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The is a free publication. But if you really enjoyed this post and want to support our work, I would enjoy a good craft beer after writing an article. 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