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Sure, you're describing how to navigate a broken system, but what you're really doing is victim blaming. Having to position yourself and jump through hoops, in

• dekhn 3y ago
  Using the term victim blaming is a fairly weak rhetorical device that people use when they don't have a better argument. It can be true that a person is a "victim of SF's overly baroque permitting laws" while also being the source of their own problem. Remember that his neighbor has to see those little sheds every day, that careless work can damage property (and property values), etc, so they can be a victim too (and one whose actions did NOT cause their own victimhood).
  • latchkey 3y ago
    > Using the term victim blaming is a fairly weak rhetorical device that people use when they don't have a better argument. Attempting to justify yourself by calling my statement weak, is equally weak. Move on. It isn't "can be true", it is true. The whole article is about how the person is a "victim of SF's overly baroque permitting laws" AND had to fight to get the code changed, AND was successful in the end.