without sympathy

“But that doesn’t come without sympathy and understanding that we don’t live in a perfect world, and this isn’t an exact science.”

“If we considered leniency for those who committed such crimes it would have been cruel and without sympathy for the victims,” he said.

And it is for that reason that many Black addicts “die anonymously and without sympathy,” Chapman said.

But in a series that is bursting with felons, cult leaders, polygamists, wife abusers, animal abusers, and cruel egomaniacs, it’s Baskin alone who is treated without sympathy.

I don’t think the letter writer is totally without sympathy, but I do worry they’re going to get stuck on “Was he in love with her?” instead of finding opportunities to connect or help.