Pronunciation: \ˈem-pə-thē\
1: the imaginative projection of a subjective state into an object so that the object appears to be infused with it
2: the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner.
Republican's definition of empathy:
"lawlessness, activism, & social engineering" & have associated it with "intellectual weakness, judicial immodesty, favoritism, bias, and grandiosity."
"When did the simple act of recognizing that you are not the only one in the room become confused with lawlessness, activism, and social engineering? For a group so vociferously devoted to textualism and plain meaning, conservative critics have an awfully elastic definition of the word empathy."Republicans argued for deference to Presidential preference for Bush's nominees. They need some justification for reversing that viewpoint. However, the reality is that they will simply oppose his nominee reflexively.
Source: Slate
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