Saturday, May 24, 2025

“Love Is…What, Exactly?” (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast) (It’s in the Code ep 147)

Allie Beth Stuckey and the opponents of “toxic empathy” tell us that the remedy to excessive empathy is love. 

But what does this mean? What is “love,” as they understand it? How is it different from emotions like empathy or sympathy? And how does it license practices of abuse and coercion that empower high-control Christianity? 

Why, in other words, is their understanding of love so dangerous and damaging? 

Check out this week’s episode as Dan explains.
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