It's really pretty simple. Since this is OT. I can rope in another Abrahamic religion. I'd be willing to bet that I can find the same concept in other religions as well.
New International Version
Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished.
New Living Translation
Those who mock the poor insult their Maker; those who rejoice at the misfortune of others will be punished.
English Standard Version
Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.
Berean Standard Bible
He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
No matter how you want to translate it, the least common denominator is half a sentence.
Of course it can be used as a rhetorical device to dismiss entirely the remainder of another's opinions. You can't be Christian and believe this or that is most often used by the right to exclude the left. I'll use it here because I was fucking pissed off. It's been thrown in my face so many times felt good to hit back.
In his case he readily admits to not being Christian and therefore not beholden to abide by any of those ideas. Atheist?
Well, there are shitty atheists like there are shitty Christians, and the same applies to everyone else. I could qualify it with your a shitty Christian if you call poor people trash and value buying bombs over funding daycare, lunch, and after school programs or any of the other projects that directly impact poor trashy people.
I was ready to reply to fatty earlier and I came really fucking close to adding him to the ignore bin. But, I didn't and now I'm called to defend my statement. Fine. Got dragged back in.