Toxic Empathy Book Discussion
Thu, Jan 22
|CC Public Library- Pioneer Room
Bring a snack to share as we endeavor to discuss Toxic Empath. We are told that empathy is the highest virtue — the key to being a good person. Is that true? Or has “empathy,” — “tolerance,” “justice,” “acceptance” — been hijacked by bad actors who exploit compassion for their own political ends?
Time & Location
Jan 22, 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
CC Public Library- Pioneer Room, 2101 4-J Rd, Gillette, WY 82718, USA
About the event
A sharp Christian voice makes a bold argument: when politics are driven by empathy rather than truth, innocent people pay the price.
We are told that empathy is the highest virtue — the key to being a good person. Is that true? Or has “empathy,” like so many other words of our day — “tolerance,” “justice,” “acceptance” — been hijacked by bad actors who exploit compassion for their own political ends?
In Toxic Empathy, Allie Beth Stuckey argues that empathy has become a tool of manipulation by left-wing activists who bully people into believing that they must adopt progressive positions to be loving. She explores the five most heated issues through which toxic empathy is deployed: abortion, gender, sexuality, immigration, and social justice. Progressives use catchy mantras to present their perspective as empathetic, like “abortion is healthcare,” “love is love,” or “no human being is illegal,” but in each case,…