Here are some well-known quotes that explicitly criticize or condemn people who take joy in the suffering of others (rather than merely describing the phenomenon):Proverbs 24:17–18 (Hebrew Bible / Old Testament) – one of the most famous direct condemnations: “Do not gloat when your enemy falls;
when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice,
or the Lord will see and disapprove
and turn his wrath away from them.”
This is probably the most widely recognized religious critique of Schadenfreude in Western culture.
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860): “To feel malice toward others is a sure sign of a bad heart;
to rejoice at the misfortunes of others is devilish.”
Immanuel Kant: “The malice that takes pleasure in the misfortunes of others (Schadenfreude) is the most diabolical of all vices of the human heart, because it is the direct opposite of compassion.”
John Chrysostom (4th-century Church Father): “Nothing so likens a man to the devil as to rejoice at the misfortune of one’s neighbor.”
C.S. Lewis in Mere Christianity: “Suppose one reads a story of filthy atrocities in the paper. Then suppose one suddenly becomes a man who has committed them… One is horrified. But the most horrifying thing is that one finds in oneself a dreadful pleasure at the thought of another man’s degradation. That is the Schadenfreude we must root out.”
The Dalai Lama (modern): “If you take pleasure in someone else’s pain, you are no longer a human being in the true sense.”
The strongest and most frequently quoted classic condemnation remains Proverbs 24:17–18, because it portrays rejoicing in another’s suffering as not only morally wrong, but something that actually offends God and makes a person resemble the devil.
🚨 “The one thing Candace did get right was Mikey didn’t have blood all over him.” - Rob McCoy And Rob you’ve been talking Candace in your sermons July 2025 before Charlie passed? Shocking.
“PASTOR” ROB MCCOY: “It’s a closed shut case. You can dial in the video and see almost him pulling the trigger.”
Never forget, Rob McCoy told us Mikey McCoy acted heroically and was covered in blood on 9/10.
What even is the focus over at the newTPUSA? I can’t imagine spending a single dollar on legal fees trying to hunt smaller YouTube creators, and I say that as someone who has a group of 92 stalkers who share my address in a group chat and talk and tweet about me full time.
Sending legal letters over AI profile pics just seems beyond petty.
Charlie Kirk hated this reporter Brandy. So much so that when she contacted me almost immediately after his assassination, I had a visceral reaction—told her to kick rocks, and reminded her how nasty she had been to Charlie and TPUSA.
It is of course, expected that Charlie’s wife didn’t care about that at all and chose to open the doors up, and grant Brandy an interview— despite the nasty articles that Brandy wrote about Charlie which are STILL available on the internet.
I have learned that Erika prefers to grieve with Charlie’s enemies. I’m glad Brandy included my response to her in this trash piece.
Leftist MS NOW MSM "sat down with Erika (Kirk)" for hours then publishes a hit piece on @RealCandaceO "wondering what false storylines Candace Owens will come up with next" 👀
TPUSA is working with liberal media? 🤔
Imagine that. 🤷🏻♂️🇺🇸
Africans at a migrant camp in Northern France getting ready to enter the UK 🇬🇧
Then Marxists say you are ‘racist’ for not wanting this the in your once safe country.
We never had machete crimes in Australia until our Government mass imported Africans.
Now we see daily violent Machete crimes & stabbings.
Okay now that I’ve learn that it is a Jewish woman, Clarissa Goldemberg, who is the admin of the chat of 92 people who were sharing information about me and my family, I am actually am going to file a report.
You will recall last year we had a would-be Jewish terrorist who was plotting my murder on a group chat that similarly grew increasingly radical and obsessive until the FBI stepped in. That man is currently in prison after he pled guilty.
I have learned that within this “protect Erika Kirk” group chat they not only were sharing our personal information, but were sharing photos and trying to match my kitchen according to a Russell Brand interview I did.
I am of the belief that when an actual member of the chat opts to leave because it is growing too deranged, you should take their word for it and protect your children. Britta Weidner sending 4,040 tweets about me in the span of just 10 months is evidence of a real obsessive derangement.
@iamcoachcolin —you were also discussed in this chat and they were trying to run your personal information as well. @paramounttactcl specifically was looking for your personal information and I have the messages if you need them.
IsraAid, which is funded by rich Zionist Jews in Israel and the US has been helping to facilitate mass migration from the Middle East into Europe for the last 15 years in order to alleviate the refugee crisis that Zionist backed wars have created
I sincerely appreciate the shout out @baroncoleman thank you!!
I do want to stress this has been a huge team effort from people all over the world pitching in and without them this would be an impossible task.
I do believe Baron is right though when he said they didn't expect us to scrutinized them so hard.
They didn't expect researchers to find all the clues and be able to piece things together but they did!!
They have a tendency to underestimate the power of the the truth and that will always be their downfall.
Little word of advice for fedslop central...
You need to do better!
Your PR sucks and you are losing this fight in a spectacular fashion. 😁
You are out numbered, outwitted, out flanked and out of talking points. Time to pack it up and take your loss...
Pick up your participation award on the way out.😉
We'll take it from here and we'll see you in Valhalla. 👋
Netanyahu’s son said Muslims should flood Spain and ignore Palestine, 7 years ago.
Morocco is allied with Israel and named a highway after trump.
Spain is against Israel and won the World Cup.
Moroccans have flooded the Spanish border.
Get the picture? It’s coordinated.
Isn't it kind of weird how Turning Point shills are angry about this footage coming out after we've endured months of them telling us that all The Widow wants is transparency and truth surrounding her husband's death?
Not a single one of them thanked me for obliging her.
Oh well!
We're coming up on 33 hours after @RealCandaceO dropped the video.
By now we should have a flood of TPUSA people pointing to the 42-inch Mauser 98 model .30-06 in the alleged shooter's hands while he's running to and from the prone position.
There isn't one. They can't do it.
Being angry at Fauci or being angry at Israel isn’t productive anymore. The anger is justified, but without real accountability it’s just wasted energy—unless it’s directed effectively into a pursuit for positive change.
Trump won in 2024 because most Americans understood that wars in the Middle East are bad for the U.S. & that COVID was a crime against humanity. He built a historic coalition that promised, with conviction, that voting for Trump meant we’d get accountability, no more foolish wars, & an administration that would actually put America first.
Instead, we have a new war in the Middle East and Trump announcing he’ll honor Fauci’s pardon.
This is all infuriating, but don’t let it demoralize you—because it’s also clarifying.
We can declassify documents, stage hearings, and post talking points on the internet all day. But none of it matters when we have a justice system that refuses to deliver genuine, bipartisan accountability, impartial to political influence from any direction.
Right now, Trump has the ultimate power to pursue that accountability, and he’s choosing not to. That tells you everything you need to know.
We know who will hide behind performative outrage about Fauci, Iran, or the Deep State while taking no real action in efforts to shield their political careers—and we know who will actually stand up, fight, & tell the truth, no matter how uncomfortable the consequences may be.
The problem isn’t the War Machine, foreign interests trying to push us into war, or the Deep State & their pathetic apparatchiks like Fauci seeking to control us.
The problem is putting our faith in leaders, again and again, who lack the courage to fight them.