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> "Victim blaming" applies to blaming victims of violent crimes instead of the perpetrators. No? Your grandma getting her life savings stolen over the phone is
by ceejayoz 1y 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 1y 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.