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Re:Who gets to define what’s ‘racist?’ (2020) by f154hfds on Friday August 20, 2021 @05:28PM (#28251613)
There's nothing wrong with fixation on victimhood that actually exists: one person wronging another begets an oppressor and a victim. However, a fixation on victimhood to the extreme can lead to error with negative consequences.

For example, many forms of microaggressions mentioned in the article do not (in my opinion) lead to victimhood. To say otherwise runs the risk of making victims that don't exist. Being offended for example does not _necessarily_ make you into a victim.

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Re:Who gets to define what’s ‘racist?’ (2020) by exporectomy on Saturday August 21, 2021 @01:00AM (#28254347)
It's pretty harmful psychologically to see yourself as a victim, no matter how much you really are or not. There is something wrong with fixation on it, it's self-destructive. It also destroys relationships because the victim sees their partner as an oppressor and finds a way to blame them for everything they don't like.
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