Beck cites Hitler example to state that "empathy leads you to very bad decisions"

"Empathy leads to very bad decisions..."

You mean like when someone gave you your very own show Beck?

What's with all the Hitler and Stalin analogies?
That just goes to show how much of an ignorant fool Beck really is.
Absolutely no one is going to buy it Glenny boy.

I am dumbfounded. The right-wing professional liars are now taking empathy, a natural human emotion born out of our very nature as social creatures, and turning it into the scourge of humanity and civil society.

Then again, coming from Beck, it all makes sense.

This might be simplistic, but for the sake of argument I would like to ask Beck if the country would have been better served if our Supreme Court in 1857 had ruled in favor of Dredd Scott in Dredd Scott v. Sanford. I guess you could say that Roger B. Taney, who wrote the majority opinion, was someone Beck would have loved. Taney abided by a strict construction of the Constitution by ruling that blacks had no rights, they were not citizens, and that Congress had no power under the Constitution to determine the fate of slavery in the new territories. Here a little empahty for a black man who had lived in free territory for years would have gone along way in maybe preventing the Civil War. This would be one of those big "what ifs" of history, but sometimes a little empathy can lead you to good decisions. I also agree with pete592 when he says that the right wing has turned a natural human emotion that we all should have, especially Christians, and morphed it into a recipe for genocide. Amazing.

Glenn, sweetheart, your Godwin is showing.

What irks me is that his guests are nodding along, like, "Oh, sounds perfectly reasonable to me." Especially that guy on the right, it looked like he was about to open his mouth to argue, but just nodded along. Sheesh.

I agree with pete592... empathy is perhaps the most ethical, moral, lawful, wise emotion of GOODNESS and LOVE one could ever have -- leave it to the thin-slicing semantic stooges to screw this one up. Hitler had NO empathy. Evil people have NO empathy, but they do have a ton of sociopathic/psychopathic/psychotic realities.

Beck is stunning in his stupidity.
Hitler? Please.
It's sad to think that there are some people who watch this fool and agree with him.
Hitler? Empathy? What a fool.

The scary thing about Mr. Beck is... what if he realy believed this mess he comes up with. I mean, I know he's just triyin' to make his money but OMG!

There's Glenn rubbing his two brain cells together; obviously worn to the nub.
The Woman made the point that when forming judgments in a court a judge will not be able to separate their judgments from whom, and where the came.

Hitler! The man speaks to the lowest denominator to relish in their ignorance, and he seems to rise in the industry!
The most interesting thing about Beck, is why does he seem to rise in the ranks of cable news no matter how pathetic he behaves?
Happy Thoughts;

Dan Grady

Aaaahhhhh, I get it! This really isn't about WHAT he said about Hitler. It's about proving that people CAN be dead from the neck UP, and still have a TV program! Sheesh! This guy is an IDIOT. Why does he get his own show? He is such a complete embarrassment to journalism. Betcha his favorite color's yellow...

Randy Barnett asks "which way does empathy cut?...Empathy cuts both ways."

Exactly. Then how does not having empathy supposedly make you a better judge? As Beck and most conservatives seem to suggest if not explicitly endorse.

Beck is of course hopelessly stupid, but Barnett almost got there, but he was apparently not able to get the ball the last couple inches over the freaking goal line.