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"Victim blaming" applies to blaming victims of violent crimes instead of the perpetrators. If the left wants to cast itself as a victim for, say, losing an elec
by asdfman123 11mo ago
"Victim blaming" applies to blaming victims of violent crimes instead of the perpetrators. If the left wants to cast itself as a victim for, say, losing an election then it truly has lost the plot.
The democratic presidential candidates have given off the vibe of "if you don't vote for me, it's because you're a bad person." But what they don't seem to grasp is that makes them just look weak to ordinary people. The purpose of politics is strength and playing weak like this is a losing strategy.
Within an extended social scene with mutual obligations, say a political party, you can tell peers "you are being a bully and you should sit down." But the rest of the world doesn't respond to those messages. There are enemies to fight.
- ceejayoz 11mo ago> "Victim blaming" applies to blaming victims of violent crimes instead of the perpetrators. No? Your grandma getting her life savings stolen over the phone isn't a violent crime, but blaming her for not understanding how links in email can be misleading would be victim blaming. It needn't be violent, or even a crime. Shitty parents victim blame their kids for non-criminal things all the time. Similarly, blaming the side that still feels and acts upon shame for the fact that the other side has gone fully shameless is victim blaming.
- asdfman123 11mo agoI am blaming the democrats for not doing what a political organization is designed to do: effectively win elections. It is not helpful to blame your grandma who is the victim of a crime. It already happened. It is important to lay blame to an organization for not fulfilling its primary function, because that prompts it to reorient.