> Why should one have empathy with people who deny other peoples' basic human rights simply because of their gender, sexual orientation or religion?
Because people disagree about factual matters all the time, and if you're just going to fight people who disagree with you, you'll be fighting literally everyone for the rest of your life, and a stable society might well become untenable.
> Back in 1939 the world decided they had enough of my ancestors (I'm German) and put a stop to bigotry by using force.
That's a pretty weird take. You think countries fought Germany because of its bigotry, and not because it was an aggressive expansionist regime that invaded them?
Because people disagree about factual matters all the time, and if you're just going to fight people who disagree with you, you'll be fighting literally everyone for the rest of your life, and a stable society might well become untenable.
> Back in 1939 the world decided they had enough of my ancestors (I'm German) and put a stop to bigotry by using force.
That's a pretty weird take. You think countries fought Germany because of its bigotry, and not because it was an aggressive expansionist regime that invaded them?