Is blaming the victim a problem in our society?
Is blaming the victim a problem in our society?
Could you provide examples so slow, low information voters like me:doh can understand the question? Thank you.
Could you provide examples so slow, low information voters like me:doh can understand the question? Thank you.
Just vote no. The OP is a liberal. Everyone is a victim in liberal land.
Not true. People who do for themselves, take responsibility for themselves and want to keep what they have earned are the Evil ones that victimize everyone else in Liberal land.
Is blaming the victim a problem in our society?
Could you provide examples so slow, low information voters like me:doh can understand the question? Thank you.
It depends on the situation. I think the OP's question is a bit overbroad. As sbrett said, there is certainly still a lot of antiquated ideas about condemning the victims of rape, and as DVS is trying to deny, there is a lot of blaming people for being born poor.
I think that we, as a country, care too much about blame and punishment. We devote too much energy to proving to ourselves why people who suffer deserve to suffer, instead of working to alleviate that suffering. This blame-centric mentality is central to our problems with criminal justice and the war on drugs, with our stance on women's reproductive rights and protecting them from rape, with our social safety nets and bringing the lowest classes up into a stable financial situation, and even in our foreign policy.
I think it stems from the Protestant and Puritan value system, and the obsession with sin and punishment. Fixing problems and helping people takes a back seat to condemnation. One more traditional value that we can do without.
Or...perhaps it's because some people get sick of hearing excuses...
I think that we, as a country, care too much about blame and punishment. We devote too much energy to proving to ourselves why people who suffer deserve to suffer, instead of working to alleviate that suffering. This blame-centric mentality is central to our problems with criminal justice and the war on drugs, with our stance on women's reproductive rights and protecting them from rape, with our social safety nets and bringing the lowest classes up into a stable financial situation, and even in our foreign policy.
Or...perhaps it's because some people get sick of hearing excuses...
What is the difference between an excuse and a valid explanation ? It seems to be called an excuse only when it serves an unwillingness to help others.
Just vote no. The OP is a liberal. Everyone is a victim in liberal land.
The most obvious example is the GOP cutting the food stamps program, which they portray as going to the lazy, when in reality they are used by the working poor and the increases in usage are directly because of the recession.
IMHO, unfair. That's another problem for another thread but automatically deciding to agree with or disagree with a position not based on its merits but rather on how we've pre-defined the poster is in my opinion a microcosm of one big problem with American politics today. In other words, it doesn't matter that much what a given problem is. What matters is finding out who's for or against it and then side with or against, as the case may be, team over principle.
Is blaming the victim a problem in our society?
Stop blaming me. I am a victim.