Republicans are ALWAYS the REAL victims! :rolleyes:

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I’m getting sick of this shit, so I’m starting a thread to post examples of Republicans using this ploy. Here’s the first entry, from New Hampshire.

Yeah, she did nothing… nothing except learn a new language and culture and become proficient enough in it to put together a serious run for political office. At just 27 years old. While raising two daughters. After working two jobs and earning a college diploma.

That’s a lot of “nothing” in 10 years.

So no, you aren’t the real victim here, Dennis Soucy. You’ve lived in the most advanced society on the planet your whole life, never even having to relocate to a new country with a new language and culture once, let alone twice like Mrs. Wazir. You’re no victim.

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So, what is the ethic focused on here?

Who is the bigger victim?

Seems like a shitty criteria.

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How about “If you say you are a victim, and you aren’t actually a victim of anything, you are a douchebag”?

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You’re just a repulsive asshole with bad reading comprehension, aren’t you?

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Wow, guess he traded in his dog whistle for a bullhorn.

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This isn’t intended to be a “Democrats do it too!”, but the remarks of Dick Patten — whom Wazir defeated in the primary — were pretty astonishing as well:

So he’s backing her opponent. Sounds like a pretty classy guy, I have to say.

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I think it’s hard to beat the performance of Alabama State Representative (and former state Trump campaign co-chair) Ed Henry defending Senate candidate Roy Moore against sexual-misconduct allegations:

I mean, wow. “THEY’RE LIARS SLANDERING AN INNOCENT MAN BUT IF THIS INNOCENT VICTIM OF SLANDER WAS IN FACT A PREDATOR THEN HIS CRIMES ARE TOTALLY THEIR FAULT FOR NOT ACCUSING HIM EARLIER.” :rolleyes:

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Yes. You’ve unmasked me.

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Pretty bad. But I think Trump publicly apologizing to Brett Kavanaugh is worse: “On behalf of our nation, I want to apologize to Brett and the entire Kavanaugh family for the terrible pain and suffering you have been forced to endure.”

http://time.com/5419064/trump-apologizes-kavanaugh-swearing-in/

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What’s so fucking great about being a victim?

Why is this a thing that conveys worth?

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I don’t think being a victim conveys worth. I think that claiming you’re a victim when you’re not conveys assholism.

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Dude, WTF are you on about? Just go ahead and say what you want to say and stop with Socratic bs.

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Especially when it’s used by somebody who’s done something shitty to somebody else and then adds insult to injury by saying “Hey, MY suffering is what’s important here”.

Even if you are a victim of attacks provoked by your own shitty behavior, you should not be trying to focus attention on your own suffering. Example: the W. Virginia county official Pamela Taylor who posted on Facebook calling Michelle Obama “a Ape in heels” and then whined about people calling her racist.

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Yeah, that jumped out at me, too.

That said: Just from reading the OP, before I clicked through to the article, I didn’t understand what the big deal was. It quoted Republican Guy as saying that he had been unfairly accused of racism and sexism and of having had it easy, without explaining why these weren’t unfair accusations. So: Semi-fail.

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No one tries to claim something that has no value.

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Well, he claimed he was a victim. And yet you say being a victim has no value.

So, why do YOU think he claimed it then?

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You unmasked yourself. Take some personal responsibility ffs.

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Because victim hood conveys value. It gives you both sympathy and status. It can give you protection against some criticisms, an it can give you an authority to speak out on topics others can’t because of your “perspective.” It can give you an authority.

It can be very very useful. It can be very attractive.

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Your modest. You deserve the credit.

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If you think that, then why did you ask this: