That’s the problem with liberals. We want to be nice empathetic people. Conservatives use that against us. They get to be assholes. But if we point out they are being stupid assholes, they soccer flop, and then we rush to assuage their idiot feefees. Now they know they can just fake the outrage.

Yes.

Agreed. To beat an asshole you have to become an asshole or prepare to be steamrolled. This is the unfortunate condition of the world. Been saying that since even before Trump.