#blaming the victim

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

“MOB LAW IN CANADA.” Daily British Whig (Kingston). August 25, 1920. Page 4. ---- The attempt to lynch David McNeal at Thorold, who was under arrest accused of the murder of Margaret Boucock, was a disgraceful proceeding. Never in the history of Canada has mob law reached the point of crime, and it is to be hoped. that we may never again see a group of persons attempt to take the law into their own hands. In this case, fortunately, the intended victim was given an opportunity before the noose was adjusted to make an address, and he made such a profound impression upon his hearers that he not only dissuaded them from their purpose of hanging him to the telephone pole, but made of them sympathizing friends determined to see him get a fair trial.

Whether he is guilty of the crime. with which he is charged will not be known until after all of the evidence in these is heard, but from the account of the manner in which he overcame the determination of the mob to take his life without a trial, he must be a man of no mean ability. The question that many people will ask is how he did it. There were two things in favor of McNeal. In the first place there was no color or racial prejudice to inflame the mob as in the lynchings that take place annually in the United States. There was abhorrance of his crime, and when he was given the opportunity to plead his innocence, the absence of any statement in support of the charge against him compelled the mob to leave his case in the hands of the proper authorities. Any other course would have been without a shadow of Justification on the part of the mob, however righteous their wrath against the perpetrator of a despicable crime.

The action of this mob was a blot upon the fair name of Canada, and although it did not take a life, all of the elements of an outrage upon justice were present. Had the scale been tipped ever so slightly by personal antipathy against the victim, there is not the slightest doubt that he would have met with short shrift. We don't want mob law in this country and everything that tends to bring our regularly constituted courts and laws into disrepute should be frowned upon. It is just a question whether or not this whole affair is not a symptom of the condition through which we have been passing during the past two years. There has been altogether too much. criticism of our governments and institutions, on the part of political organizers, irresponsible hirelings often who failed to appreciate fully the direct and indirect consequences

#thorold #murder trial #mob justice #lynching #attempted lynching #mob #attempted hanging #british justice #canadian national identity #crime and punishment in canada #history of crime and punishment in canada #blaming the victim #fear of a red planet #editorial

[nerdykeith]

Tucker Carlson, Matt Walsh and Steven Crowder are nothing more than a bunch of ignorant, uneducated, bigoted assholes. Blaming the victims of Club Q? What is wrong with these people? First of all drag shows in a night club, is a venue for adults. So whose performing for children here? Nobody is. You literally have to be 21 years old and up to enter Club Q and the majority of night clubs.

The fact is genital surgeries aren’t conducted on minors and there are no cases of children being molested during a drag show. Because these are all fabrications of their minds. Conservatives made these scenarios up, so maybe they need to look at themselves. Maybe they need to ask themselves, “what is wrong with me to fabricate such horrific fictitious scenarios.”.

It’s all a conspiracy theory, there are no facts here. Just the ramblings off bigoted conservatives who have pure hatred for the LGBTQ. So much hated they are willing to do anything to attack us and vilify us. Even if that means lying through their teeth.

Drag queens are not the problem. The problem is people like Matt Walsh and others spreading dangerous misinformation, inciting hatred. That’s what influences these conservatives to act and attack minorities. I’ve never seen such a disgusting display of blaming the victim.

The problem is bigotry and a lack of respect for equality.

#Matt Walsh #Tucker Carlson #Steven Crowder #blaming the victim #LGBTQ #Club Q #hate crime #bigotry #misinformation #defamation #right wing #trans gender #drag queens #vilified #equality #human rights

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

Of the 19 hijackers who carried out the Sept 11 attacks:

15 were from Saudi Arabia (a powerful/oil-rich country the U.S. works hard to maintain diplomatic relations with)

2 were from the United Arab Emirates (also a powerful/oil-rich country the U.S. works hard to maintain diplomatic relations with)

1 was from Egypt, 1 from Lebanon.

None of the hijackers were from Iraq.

None of the Sept 11 hijackers were Iraqi.

None of the 9/11 hijackers were from Iraq.

#9/11 #serious post #not a shitpost #this should be one of the first things kids learn when they learn about the 9/11 attacks #politics #this is just...it's such an essential and brazen fact and i rarely see basic outrage over it #i want outrage. i want fury. i want disgust over the way fundamental facts are disguised and discarded and downplayed #because there are things we should KNOW. basic fact we should ALL KNOW. and they are tucked away in the footnotes. #and no this is NOT to put the blame on other middle eastern countries #we know this was carried out by a specific terrorist organization not a national government #but King George the Second decided (and was encouraged by his cabinet!) to invade a nation! #a nation that was not at all related or responsible!!! #a dictatorship to be sure--but a dictatorship that King George the First had been happy to support #so what changed? why did we go in guns blazing to DEMOLISH a country *we had NO PLANS OF REPAIRING*??? #well. because they wanted a villain didn't they. a nice clean war. clarity of purpose. us the heroes against them the villains #and when you're in that mindframe--truth is irrelevant. you can pick your villain (your victim) by rolling a roulette wheel #truth is irrelevant #worse: to the people in charge #truth is a HINDRANCE #'Alternative facts' existed long before it became a catchphrase #facts don't matter. truth doesn't matter. the impulses of a handful of volatile & rich & power-high people--that's History. congratulations

[thebestestdancers]

why should palestinians have to leave behind their land because israel wont stop killing them. why should anyone have to leave behind their life and memories and sentimental value just because an aggressor is left unchallenged. please think this sentiment through and delete it from your thoughts. instead of blaming an oppressed people for living in a hostile land, ask who is making that land hostile to live in.

#this is vaguely worded except the first part because ive seen thsi sentiment time and time again #when the trans genocide began everyoen started blaming trans peopel for living in florida isntead of the people making it unlivable #every timw a cop kills a person of color everyones told to just move somewehre w better cops (doesnt exist) > #< rather rhan examine who gave the cops such pwoer and what use the cops are anyways #i know its rasier to blame the victims of this kind of thing. the oppressors deisgn it taht way and encourage that sentiment #but oleeeeeease im begging u. navajo peopel should not just give up their reservation bc it sucks. whyd the us put them there?

[calltoamentor]

YOU Would Not Fix Joe Goldberg

Daily writing promptWhat book could you read over and over again?View all responses Women, you are not rehabilitation centers for badly raised men. It is not your job to fix him, change him, parent him. You want a partner, not a project. –Attributed to Julia Roberts, source unverified Full disclosure for the uninitiated: I will be discussing Joe Goldberg from Netflix’s series You. By necessity…

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#Blaming the Victim #cycles of abuse #dailyprompt #dailyprompt-1902 #escaping abuse #joe goldberg #narcissistic abuse #True Crime #working class women #You netflix

[dieserr]

if I try working on this anymore I’ll explode probably just take it

#five nights at freddy's #fnaf #william afton #vanessa shelly #fnaf movie #I didn’t like the fnaf movie aftons at first #I see the potential now #stop victim blaming vanessa and then saying u love Michael #losers #five nights at freddy’s fanart #fnaf fanart #cw blood #cw stabbing #cw gore

[idealog]

jjh

#The man called Jesus #The man they call jayne #John 9 #Karma #Gaslighting #Blaming the victim #Judge not #Moneychangers #Money Power

[sohannabarberaesque]

There's contests ... and then there's contests

Especially when it emerges that the top prize, awarded for the best essay-type answer to some oblique-sounding question, in said contests turns out to be the opportunity to spend a weekend with some choice Hanna-Barbera Funtastic character of the moment.

Think of it as "tripping the light funtastic."

And it emerges that some of the better entries arriving, some otherwise seen as having no supposed chance of realistically winning anything more than a subsidiary prize, tend to come from abusive backgrounds, broken/dysfunctional home scenarios and/or rural and economically-challenged communities ... and amounts to "cries for help" from the wilderness, hoping for some opportunity for escape on the entrant's part from such abuse. Especially where the answers reveal the likes of claims that the parents are (perhaps groundlessly) blaming the entrant for "driving your once-proud father to drinking," sometimes reinforced by physical means such as have the aim of "tripping" to the extent that the parents, if pressed to explain any bruises or emotional scarring requiring treatment, will excuse as being "simply an accident" to avoid perceived liability such as could have them declared as unfit.

Which would be enough for the contest sponsors and judges (the latter expected to be impartial) to set aside entries coming from such scenarios and share the information with local child welfare agencies, law enforcement, mental health clinics and school counsellors with an eye to a possible corrective solution. And over the rather whiny protestations of the parents, bound in such scenarios to blame all manner of "Deep State"-model conspiracies for "subjecting our once-proud family to shame and humiliation as could include taking our children away" (replete with an aural hallucination or two incorporating the Rod Serling-era Twilight Zone theme music to further build up the "conspiracist" delusion and the materfamilias doing into a drunken speech aimed at subjecting the "ungrateful" and "turncoat" child of theirs to "character-building" shame, humiliation and disgrace).

Yet, for some reason ... one afternoon at school (especially where it emerges that the afflicted's marks may be adversely impacted because the abuse), the subject(s) of this scenario are advised to report after school to the principal's office rather than returning home as usual, there to "await further instructions."

After a brief delay following check-in at close of classes, the subject is asked to report to the principal's office proper ... and, sensing what amounts to the drop of the guillotine blade, the principal explains--

That certain information shared as an entry in a recent competition explaining why they wanted the top prize was subsequently shared with certain channels after contest judges took note of certain concerns on their end in the answer they supplied;

That parental custody thereof, on the strength of said answers, has been revoked pending further action by the courts within measurable distance; and

As a "surprise" of sorts, the afflicted is advised to take note of certain characters waiting in the outer office ... and a representative of the contest sponsors explains (howbeit subtly) that a weekend with said characters has been arranged in view of the information shared in their entry, and the concerns raised by the judges in their wake, before the full and formal introduction.

Whereupon the targeted can't help but sense a measure of stunned disbelief, surprise--and relief, if only for awhile--at seeing the prize characters selected.

Yet as for the parents themselves--we can only imagine their response at the loss of their children to "dangerous strangers," or so they believe (and under Al Cohol's influence more than likely, further compounding the delusion). How it ends up ultimately is perhaps left to your imagination.

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#hanna barbera #fanfic friday #fanfiction #fantasy #essay contest #dream date #funtastic #child abuse #blaming the victim #emotional abuse #drunkenness #cry for help #making it look like an accident #broken home #dysfunctional household #alcoholism #so what next? #salvation #hannabarberaforever

[inkskinned]

i think a lot about exactly 1 thing from the roman empire: the concept of bread and circus. the idea was that if your population was fed and entertained, they wouldn't revolt. you are asking us to give up our one small life, is the thing - for under 15 dollars an hour.

what would that buy, even. i am trading weekends and late nights and my back health. i am trading slow mornings and long walks and cortisol levels. i am trading sleep and silence and peace. for ... this. for what barely-covers-rent.

life really is more expensive right now. you aren't making that up. i make almost 3 times what i did 5 years ago, and despite an incredibly equal series of bills - i am still struggling. the most expensive line item i added was to own a dog. the money is just evaporating.

we were okay with it because it's a cost-benefit analysis. i could handle the customer harassment and standing all day and the manager's constantly changing temperament - i was coming home to hope, and my life planned in a blue envelope. three hours would buy me my dog's food for a month. i can give up three hours for him, for his shiny coat and wide, happy mouth. three days could be a new mattress, if i was thrifty. if i really scrimped and saved, we could maybe afford a trip into the city.

recently i cried in the car about the price of groceries.

business majors will be mad at me, but my most inflammatory opinion is that people should never be valued at the same place as products. your staff should not be a series of numbers in an excel sheet that you can just "replace" whenever you need something at that moment. your staff should be people, end of sentence.

it feels like someone somewhere is playing a very bad video game. like my life is a toy. like someone opened an app on their phone and hired me in diner dash ultra. they don't need to pay me well or treat me alright - they can always just show me the door. there is always someone more desperate, always someone more willing.

but i go to work and know i could save for years and not afford housing. i am never going to own my own home, most likely. i have no idea how to afford her ring, much less the wedding. my dog doesn't have his own yard. everything i love is on subscription. if i lose my job, i have no "nest egg" to catch my falling.

this thin life - they want me to give up summer for it. to open my mouth and throat and swallow the horrible hours and counted keystrokes. they want me to give up mountains and any non-federal holiday. to give up snow days. to give up talking to my mom whenever i want. to give up visiting the ocean and hearing the waves.

bread and circus worked for a while, actually. it was the kind of plan that would probably now be denounced by republicans as socialist commie liberal pronoun bullshit.

but sometimes i wonder if we should point them to the part of the history book that says: it worked until it didn't.

#spilled ink #warm up #writeblr #i have a good job please shut the fuck up before telling me to get a better job #girl i have vision and dental. #if u blame the victim that's wild. do u know about economic systems

[borrowmyshovel]

stop telling transmascs that terfs harrassing them is their fault. why the fuck did i just see a post imploring trans men to "examine why terfs feel comfortable" intruding in their spaces. It's because they're transphobic and have no respect for trans men's boundaries. How do you still not know this. fucking hell

#transandrophobia #victim blaming

[mondoreb]

End Times Prophecy Headlines: July 13, 2023

End Times Prophecy Report HEADLINES THURSDAY July  13,  2023 And OPINION “And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.” —Matthew 24:4 “The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he’s in prison.” —Fyodor Dostoevsky ===INTERNATIONAL UKRAINE: Moscow launches more air attacks on Kyiv RUSSIA: Russia’s threat to pull out of Ukraine grain…

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#blaming the victim #chip-o-mania! #Fixing the unfixable #misplaced optimism #more abortion tales #warning: the end times churches

[redditantisemitism]

Love when the antisemites tag their own antisemitism. Let’s break it down.

1. “Jews getting expelled over and over again” is a common antisemitic talking point. On its own it isn’t antisemitic to acknowledge-it’s a historical fact- but as we will soon see, in this context it very much is a sign of antisemitism.

2. The use of the word “you” in “you were expelled” indicates this user is not Jewish.

3.”is it kosher to take any accountability for that” (crippling economies through usury)- here op illustrates that they believe the classic antisemitism that Jews willfully destroy economies through financial manipulation. In actuality, Jews were forced into economic work due to antisemitism, and then were used as scapegoats for economic failure.

4. Note the use of the word “kosher”. When used in this context it’s clearly derisive and meant to be ironic. I’m sure op thinks they’re very witty.

5. “They hate us for no reason”. Victim blaming. Bigotry is never the fault of the victim, and demanding that Jews take “accountability” for the antisemitism we face is yet again an antisemitic talking point. The historical and modern reasons for antisemitism are well documented, especially this specific flavor.

6. This last paragraph is more of the same, this time directly to Jews. “Have you ever thought about what you did to deserve the hate?” Is this paragraph summed up. “There must be some logical reason”-there is. Basic research makes this apparent. However instead op accuses Jews of complacency, subtly implying that it’s intentional, that we want to simply be viewed as victims.

7. Finally, note the tags. Jumblr, Israel tags even though this has nothing to do with Israel, the phrase “am yisrael chai”. Op knows what they’re doing and intentionally wants Jews to see their bigotry, under the thin plausible deniability of “I was just asking a question!” I do not think we should give them that benefit of the doubt. This is blatant antisemitism.

#antisemitism #tumblr #victim blaming #Jews control x #109 countries #classic antisemitism

[gay-otlc]

Actually I think we should talk about how incredibly fucked up it is for sapphic women to say shit like "I'm no better than a straight man 😔" when attracted to a woman in a way that isn't 100% pure and wholesome, or act like men's attraction to women is inherently dirty, predatory, or objectifying.

#like i mostly get impacted from this as a straight trans man #and the way people- even my friends- have acted like my attraction to women is now morally worse since i came out as trans #but this also affects like. bi/mspec men? it's shitty to shame them for their attraction to women! #and even cishet men. acting like objectification or predatory behavior is just inherent to male attraction to women #let's shitty men off the hook because 'they can't help it' or whatever #or victim blames anyone abused by a cishet man because 'what did you expect from being in a relationship with him' #yeah so like. sapphics stop saying this challenge #transhet #anti-transmasculinity #again i'm tagging because that's my personal experience with that sentiment but it has a ton of other issues too #antimasculism

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

“Religious Beliefs In India Harmful,” Montreal Star. November 11, 1932. Page 5. ---- Should Be One of Richest Farming Countries in World ---- NEW YORK Nov 11 — (Star Special)— Although India should be one of the richest agricultural lands in the world, her religious customs and beliefs keep her near the bottom of the list. Dr. Sam Higginbottom, Presbyterian missionary at Allahabad, India, told 600 persons yesterday at a luncheon given in his honor by the presbytery of New York and the Sam Higginbottom Association.

Dr. Higginbottom,  whose exploits and adventure sat Introducing new agricultural methods in the poorest farming districts in India are widely known in all church circles, returned do this country recently and will remain here until after Christmas.

‘When you stop to consider that It has  been estimated that there are 60,000,000 Indians who are too poor to provide enough food to keep them fit. you can understand why I believe there is no better way for a Christian to help India than to help the farmers," ha said. "The casual onlooker In India knows little of Indla’a vast multitudes, most of whom are farmers, who use the same crude wooden ploughs that were used in Bible times and millions of whose cows do not give enough milk to pay their board." 

Dr. Higginbottom admitted that the agricultural problem of India was overwhelming and was fraught with many complications, because of the sacredness with which all domesticated animals are regarded by the Indians. Thee are so many cows, ha said, that they are eating the people out of house and home. 

The missionary has received much recognition from the British Government and is often consulted on farm problems. He was awarded the Kaiser-I-Hind medal for public service on India and is the only person who has been conferred with the degree of Doctor of Philanthropy from Princeton University.

[AL: Really awe-inspiring argument that blames the victims of British colonialism and can't arrive at any other analysis than ‘the religion I’m trying to eradicate in India is the thing keeping my potential converts in poverty’.]

#new york #christian missionaries #british india #blaming the victim #christian supremacy #british empire #christian philanthropy #charitable philanthropy #farming in india #poverty relief #british raj #applogies for empire #american missionaries #presbyterians #the great depression #hinduism

[calltoamentor]

The Perfect Victim and Society's Fixation on Blaming Women

Guinevere Beck from the Netflix series You is as contentious in the fanbase as she is ordinary in the world of the show. The fact is, she is written to be an everywoman. And those same traits are so often used to say that she deserved to die.

Daily writing promptWhat is the last thing you learned?View all responses                 Society has a lot of opinions on how women should behave at any given moment, even leading up to their death. People these women have never even met or would care to meet in their fictional or oftentimes all too real lives develop all sorts of theories about how they deserve to die or be harmed, brutally,…

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#abuse #abuse recovery #Blaming the Victim #cycles of abuse #dailyprompt #dailyprompt-1870 #emotional abuse #escaping abuse #Guinevere Beck #International Women&039;s Day #International Womens Day #Intimate Partner Violence #joe goldberg #Life change #narcissistic abuse #True Crime #You netflix

[nerdykeith]

Damn Charlie Kirk is actually advocating that Paul Pelosi’s attacker to be given bail? Yes because somehow a man arrested for attempted murder should be released? This is why we on the left think many of the far right are insane. No he should not be given any bail. You're a moron if you need an explanation to why. Charlie Kirk is scum. What the angle here dude? Do you hate the left so much that you have to just make crap up and put Pelosi in danger again? This is insane.

#Charlie Kirk #the far right #homophobia #pro murder #far right #blaming the victim