<Compassion was as unknown then as now to conservatives. (Did you ever notice the people who tout volunteerism DON'T. By far the vast majority of volunteers I know, and that's a few, are Democrats.)

Arguing with you is like shooting goldfish in a barrel with a chain gun. The assumption that conservatives/Republicans are not charitable is of course bullshit, pulled right out of the crackerbox by the parrots.

A short study of this document might be interesting. Please take particular note of the end of page 14, and pages 15 and 16.

Compassion is easy when it comes out of someone else's hide.

I spent last night cooking food at the church for the Alpha Omega program for the working homeless (discovered I suck at steaming vegetables.) My charitable donations on Schedule A last year were about $8,000. And none of it was from any taxpayer except me.

Not to get into some kind of "bleeding heart" pissing contest, but I think it shows at least one exception to your generalization.