Empathy vs Sympathy

I appreciate this is not an astrological post, but this is about topics that are dear to me, including community and the human nervous system, so I wanted to share this here today.

Charlie Kirk's quote on empathy versus sympathy has been making the rounds on social media and this is what he said:

"I can't stand the word empathy, I think the word empathy is a made up new age term and it does a lot of damage. Sympathy is a better word, because empathy means you are actually feeling what another person felt, and no one can feel what another person feels."

I would like to push back on what Charlie Kirk said about empathy and write about what I think he got wrong in this quote.