The victim is always considered to be morally superior. Therefore step 1 in any "public battle of words" is to spin the narrative to cast yourself as the victi

The victim is always considered to be morally superior. Therefore step 1 in any "public battle of words" is to spin the narrative to cast yourself as the victim. And if you can't manage that then find or invent a victim and rush to his defense. Because whoever defends the victim is also morally superior. (I wonder who's the more morally superior, the victim or the defender-of-victim. I'm thinking the defender. There is an implied authority.)