Glenn Beck’s Empathy

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/09/opinion/glenn-becks-empathy.html

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To the Editor:

Re “Empathy for Black Lives Matter,” by Glenn Beck (Op-Ed, Sept. 7):

The Republican Party has called up the demons of the mob. Mr. Beck admits that he has participated. But given Donald Trump’s fomenting of hatred and disrespect of the other in his campaign, it is courageous for Mr. Beck to admit a mistaken path, and to call for emphasizing our shared humanity as the only solution to our social problems.

One hopes that others on the right will follow suit. Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, Laura Ingraham: We are waiting to hear about your empathy and shared humanity leading us back from the abyss of hatred, white supremacy and civil war.

NORMA FLOYD

Lexington, Mass.