This is wrong. Not wrong in an immoral sense but wrong in an academic sense. This so called “victimhood” culture arose as a culture of “believe and support the victim”. Of course within that idea of taking the victim’s side first a few people have exploited that for their own selfish reasons and some people have been unfairly targeted as a result. But this “believe the victim first” mentality came about as an inverse to the “give the accused the benefit of the doubt” mentality because the latter suppressed the former’s credibility and made it difficult for real victims of real heinous shit to come forward.
Also as a straight white male, I’m insulted by this author’s idea that this “victimhood culture” seeks to invert the power pyramid where now the white dudes are on the bottom. The point of these movements isn’t to invert the power structure, it’s to destroy that power structure entirely. There shouldn’t be a fucking pyramid. That’s the point.
“Victimhood culture” (i.e. social justice movements) is dignity culture. It’s about bringing dignity to those who historically hasn’t had that. It’s about bringing dignity to people who have lost their dignity through acts that have caused them trauma. It’s always been about dignity.
Also as a straight white male, I’m insulted by this author’s idea that this “victimhood culture” seeks to invert the power pyramid where now the white dudes are on the bottom. The point of these movements isn’t to invert the power structure, it’s to destroy that power structure entirely. There shouldn’t be a fucking pyramid. That’s the point.
“Victimhood culture” (i.e. social justice movements) is dignity culture. It’s about bringing dignity to those who historically hasn’t had that. It’s about bringing dignity to people who have lost their dignity through acts that have caused them trauma. It’s always been about dignity.