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> The authors of the paper assert that we are now in a culture that valorizes victimhood. An interesting observation. I have never thought about it that way be
by veddox 11y ago
> The authors of the paper assert that we are now in a culture that valorizes victimhood.
An interesting observation. I have never thought about it that way before, but it seems plausible. What do others think about this statement? (Please make sure you read the context, though...)
- the-dude 11y agoI did not read TFA cause I hate this capitalization of a title.
- xivzgrev 11y agoI think that's too strong of a statement. Victims aren't considered heroes. Rather, social media enables broader transmissions of stories, and people connect with certain stories, so people playing victim card may receive sympathy, possibly empathy, but not made into a hero. Now the person that DOES something about their shitty situation, now there's a person we call a hero.
- barry-cotter 11y ago> Now the person that DOES something about their shitty situation, now there's a person we call a hero. Asking an administrator to fire someone who "makes you feel unsafe" is definitely doing something. They're not a hero.
- venomsnake 11y agoWell jezebel declared someone that read during Donal Trump rally a hero for the act of reading. I guess hero is not an extremely hard to obtain status nowadays.
- hliyan 11y agoI think it valorizes suffering. That's hardly new to humanity, but I think we've hit upon a new medium and a format to do it in the form of the micro-complaint. Edit: precisely this: "Irritations that the passage of time may have soothed can, in the moment, be immediately expressed to an audience."
- s_kilk 11y agoAn interesting article on the topic: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/09/the-rise-of-victimhood-culture/404794/ http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/09/the-rise...