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Neil Young calls for empathy for Capitol attackers: ‘We are not enemies’ – The Guardian
In a message on his website, the Canadian rock star said social media manipulation and Donald Trump had combined to ‘foment hatred’
Neil Young has called for empathy towards those who stormed the US Capitol building in Washington DC, arguing they had been manipulated into doing so.
In a message posted to his website, Young writes:
I feel empathy for the people who have been so manipulated and had their beliefs used as political weapons. I may be among them. I wish internet news was two-sided. Both sides represented on the same programs. Social media, at the hands of powerful people influencers, amplifying lies and untruths,…
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