Action / Acción

"A shift in framing—from “feel what I feel” to “care enough to help”—could offer a bridge in our polarized culture. While some conservatives reject empathy as emotional manipulation, and some liberals cling to it as a moral litmus test, compassion sidesteps the impasse. It doesn’t demand emotional conformity or deny emotional reality. It simply asks: What can I do to reduce harm?"

If both sides could agree to lead with compassion instead of competing narratives of outrage or detachment, we might finally get somewhere.