Joseph Backholm and Alison Centofante, contributors to the Dr. James Dobson Family Institute (JDFI), interview Allie Beth Stuckey, host of the Relatable podcast and author of You're Not Enough (& That's Okay) and Toxic Empathy. When weighing who to vote for in the November elections, Stuckey advises Christians to vote for an individual candidate's policies that support a biblical worldview and far less on personality.
Stuckey says that when she looks at Donald Trump's economics and immigration policies, she sees policies supporting most Americans' constitutional freedoms, liberties, prosperity, and safety. Stuckey views Vice President Kamala Harris's policies as being far less supportive of the U.S. Constitution, along with her party platform that institutionalizes degeneracy as well as domestic and global chaos.
Stuckey believes women voters will play a big role in the upcoming elections and expresses concern that, over the past several years, the Democratic Party has been highly successful in swaying women in a progressive direction through a tactic she calls "toxic empathy"—which is the title of her new book. Stuckey summarizes this progressive manipulation into five main categories: 1) abortion, 2) gender identity, 3) sexuality and the definition of marriage, 4) immigration, and 5) social justice. Progressive journalists and pundits capitalize on a woman's inclination to show empathy, conveniently conveying only one-half of the moral equation. Progressives choose a sympathetic individual and promote them as a victim of harsh, uncaring Republican Party policy. For example, civil society must have empathy for the male who believes he is female and wants affirmation by using women's locker rooms, the illegal immigrant who crossed the U.S. southern border looking for a better life, or the 32-year-old woman who is feeling liberated by her sexuality and wants to leave her husband and kids to have a relationship with another woman.
Stuckey says: "Toxic empathy requires that to be seen as a good person, you have to affirm them, affirm their choices, and vote in ways that guarantee they can continue to have the freedom to make the choices that make them happiest. I argue that going that direction is unloving, unkind, and ultimately harmful to them and society."