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> There's nothing wrong with "claiming victimhood" when one is rightly a victim. Agreed, I only mean it pejoratively inasmuch as the parent ("victim culture th
by jakelazaroff 6y ago
> There's nothing wrong with "claiming victimhood" when one is rightly a victim.
Agreed, I only mean it pejoratively inasmuch as the parent ("victim culture that pervades the others") did as well.
That said, she has provided no evidence in this letter, and she is appealing to her identity as a member of a historically oppressed group, so I'm curious as to why her claims of victimhood seem to be believed by people who otherwise tend toward incredulity for such things.
- throwaway894345 6y agoI probably shouldn't have said "evidence" as much as "examples she cited"--specifically colleagues posting axe emojis next to her name and the general public smearing as a bigot (while this is free speech, it's also pretty clearly a 'hostile work environment' and I doubt it would fly if the target were, say, an Asian progressive instead of a Jewish liberal).