According to Wikipedia, Amanda Palmer is “an American performer who first rose to prominence as the lead singer, pianist, and lyricist/composer of the duo The Dresden Dolls.”
Palmer has gotten quite a bit of attention today for her poem entitled, “A Poem For Dzhokhar.”
Shortly after publishing the poem, she retweeted the following:
https://twitter.com/lwrobins/status/326057950831591424
@amandapalmer Compassion. Interconnectedness. Recognition that every single thing is an act of love or a cry for healing. Thank you.
— itsme_karyne (@itsme_karyne) April 21, 2013
@amandapalmer Heart broken all over again. So often we forget all the humanity. <3 Thank you.
— Jenna #BlackLivesMatter (@x3jennax3) April 21, 2013
Troubling, compassionate, brave. “@amandapalmer: “a poem for dzhokhar” – read it at http://t.co/QwzkOzxcSf#Boston #poetry #AFPblog”
— Christy Corp-Minamij (@cminamiji) April 21, 2013
She then tweeted this:
yes, this. RT @alfajones Too many people think empathy equals condoning all actions. #NotTheSameThing
— Amanda Palmer (@amandapalmer) April 21, 2013
this too RT @travisnorris I think people want bad guys to be bad guys only; they feel like any level of empathy is some kind of betrayal
— Amanda Palmer (@amandapalmer) April 21, 2013
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So she’s saying that Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev — the guy who allegedly killed an 8-year old boy, among other heinous acts — deserves empathy.
To which we say: What the … ?!?
.@amandapalmer Amanda, he killed an 8 yr old. He would have killed 100s of kids if given the chance. How on earth is that worthy of empathy?
— Gina ? (@ginalou) April 21, 2013
https://twitter.com/BruceNV/status/326071539755806722
Blogger Sooper Mexican put it best:
Not all evil can be “understood” – some of it just needs to be extinguished.
Sorry hippies.