Democrats Pervert Victimology in Pursuit of Social Justice
A finely honed Democrat political tactic
The Democrats have perfected victimhood as a political weapon and tactic as an art form over the past 50 years. Their intention is to divide and conquer, politically, by pitting individuals and groups against each other. Because Democrats are ruled by emotion first and foremost, they have twisted victimology – a legitimate area of study – to serve their psychological-political ends.
Here is the definition of victimology:
vic·tim·ol·o·gy /viktəˈmäləjē/
noun: The study of the victims of crime and the psychological effects on them of their experience.
This is indeed a laudable field of study, as there is no question that crime victims are adversely affected by their experience – and some victims of heinous and gruesome crimes never fully recover.
Enter the Democrats and their perversion of victimology.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
The current Democrat coalition is comprised of groups of people who view themselves as “victims” in some way. The Democrat victimhood ideology holds that people victims of the political system and society that has been imposed on them, i.e., various groups are victims of political crimes. Every Democrat has a grievance of one kind or another – mostly that life is somehow unfair, and that the government needs to be used as a hammer to pound the ephemeral (if not self-imposed, or indeed imaginary) nail-of-discrimination into the ground.
Let’s go through a short list of the Democrat “victims” groups:
Women. Feminism (sic) was one of the first Marxist critical theories that was mainlined into the American political bloodstream. According to their creed, white males have kept them down for years, and the US is a patriarchy. Enter the “Movement For UGLY Women” (MF-Ugly) also known as radical feminism. Now, their focus is on legalizing the murder of their own children after birth through various Democrat-controlled state legislatures. Michelle Obama even said recently “that creating life is ‘the least’ of what a woman’s reproductive system does.” Meanwhile, the mainline “feminist” organizations like the National Organization of Women who have championed “women’s rights” are strangely silent about the “transsexual” takeover of women’s sports that is depriving young women of the benefits that the feminists supposedly fought for over the past decades.
African-Americans (formerly Negroes, Blacks, Black-Americans). Never did understand what was wrong with any of those three previous designations, and the latest phrase makes no sense to me, as Africa is a continent, not a racial or ethnic group, and people from that continent are very diverse! Whatever. African-American victimhood is and always will be centered on racism and slavery, with the current push for “reparations” a cause that intentionally exacerbates divisiveness. Never mind that no one now living in the US has ever directly suffered from racialist-oriented slavery – or been an actual slaveholder (human traffickers excepted, of course). Yet, Democrats have shouted “racist” in condemning every political opponent of theirs for decades when it suits them.
LatinX. A catch-word for anyone with ancestry from Latin American countries. Britannica defines it thusly: “it is an alternative to the masculine (Latino) and feminine (Latina) forms. The word came into usage in the early 21st century as more people rejected binary categorization of gender and sought greater inclusivity. In addition, Latinx was seen as a challenge to the alleged patriarchy in a number of languages.” Their grievances are also against the “white man” who is blamed for their poverty and lack of opportunity as a result of racism. La Raza and other racist LatinX organizations are aligned with the Democrat Party’s open border’s push, as well as the next category of Democrat victimhood below.
LGBTQI(XYZ). These various “behaviors” were once considered by most (including the American Psychiatric Association) to be mental disorders because they all deviated from the human norm. Fast-forward to the 21st century where the behaviors have not only been normalized, but also glorified to the point that normal people are being forced to accept and condone those behaviors, even in public places. Bill Clinton even designated the month of June as “Pride Month.” “Pride” about deviant behavior? Proverbs 16:18 reminds us that “"Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.” So much for the concept of “privacy rights,” too. LGBTQ victimhood is a cause célèbre that is being used as another hammer by the leftists infesting the Democrat Party and government to address presumed inequalities – always at the expense of others, which is the Democrat way. [Note: As for me, I practice tolerance but refuse to condone these behaviors as is my right as a Christian American. God will sort everything out in due course.]
Greenies. This part of the Democrat coalition believe they are victims of capitalists – particularly the oil and gas industry – whom they claim have jeopardized not only their futures but also the future of our very planet! Their hubris regarding mankind’s effect on the weather over time compared to other natural processes is both naive and astounding, given considerable evidence to the contrary. They ignore the Second Law of Thermodynamics and the fact the CO2 is a trace gas that does not retain sufficient heat to influence climate in pushing “green energy sources” that are uneconomical unless heavily subsidized by taxpayers. That said, they continue to demand government action to achieve their ends and “save the world,” which is, ultimately, a tactic aimed at total control over the US economy. That’s exactly what the so-called “Green New Deal” was about that was stealthily formed the backbone of Biden’s misnamed “Inflation Reduction Act.”
While the preceding is perhaps the main collection of Democrat “victims’ groups,” there are many other leftist entities who are loosely affiliated with Democrats, including radical elements of the Native American and Muslim communities, atheists, and a host of social justice “warriors.” Note: While these Democrat victim groups are invariably comprised of radical leftists, there are other people who would qualify to be in them if they met the proper entrance criteria of ethnicity and/or ideological beliefs but who are in reality conservatives with whom I’d be happy to share a beer or three. I do NOT paint everyone with a broad brush!
Virtually anyone with a cause can be a victim to be leveraged politically by the Democrat Party. The Party is filled to overflowing with social justice warriors (SJWs) who seek to right the supposed wrongs of a deeply-flawed America. Learn more about SJWs here. The latest SJW twist is for “environmental justice”; read more about that leftist nonsense here. There are other SJW groups, including those focusing on immigrant rights, disability rights, gender rights, and indigenous rights.
PURPOSE AND GOALS
The common theme among all elements of the Democrat Party is the belief that only government can “right the perceived wrongs” that were created by political crimes brought about by the capitalist system and US Constitution and guarantee or mandate access, equality of outcomes, and even acceptance, no matter how outlandish the issues or claims may be. This is socialism, pure and simple – sold to the world as “socialism” for the past 100 years. Government has no power except that granted by the people governed. To cede government control over everything means giving up personal and economic liberties enshrined in the US Constitution.
Socialism is only achieved at the expense of freedom. We live in the freest, most open and tolerant society in the history of mankind. The opportunities available to individuals of all persuasions are limitless – in fact they are limited only by one’s abilities and initiative. And that latter bit is the problem for the Democrat victim crowd and SJWs: everyone is different, with different capabilities and limitations, different motivations, and different personal priorities. That’s just the way it is, folks. WE know that; THEY ignore human nature. Here is an excerpt from an article that eloquently make that point:
All races have members in each camp — a truth to be proclaimed from the rooftops in the name of decency and actual justice — but to insist that all races will naturally fail or prosper in the same proportion is just contrary to the facts. Everyone is not made equal simply by wishing it were so. People are not made into productive citizens by paying them enough to rot noisily in subsidized housing. It was not so fifty years ago, and it is not so now. Most of us have always known exactly what real racism is. It is the intellectual laziness of over-generalizing in either direction. Human beings are neither guilty nor innocent by the light of their appearance, nor by the peculiarities of their grandparents' lives. In a truly just society, each of us would have to stand on his own merits. We are what we are. We cannot change our inmost natures. We cannot remake our history.
How profound and fundamental a thought is the concept of standing on one’s own merits! I have often wondered what a successful minority person must think when selected for a competitive job. Does he question whether he achieved it on merit or through “affirmative action”? I don’t know about you, but if I were in the same shoes, that uncertainty would gnaw at me throughout my whole life – and would probably exacerbate any resentments I might have about my colleagues, friends and society in general. Was I really good enough, or was my life filled with handouts? I would never know for sure.
Racism can’t be resolved through government-directed racial preferences. To the contrary, it worsens divisiveness and racism.
As for the Democrat victim groups in general, the divisions among people that they foment and propagate are just about the most anti-American acts possible. For the notion of diversity and its corollary “division” are not strengths at all like the Left would claim. Rather, the truest strength of America has been her ability to assimilate people from everywhere on earth – all races, creeds, colors, etc. – and turn them into Americans. And the freedoms available to all enable people to achieve miraculous things. And that means ALL people! Egalitarianism and equality of outcome CANNOT be legislated or enforced by government despite what the Democrat victim groups and SJWs believe. How’s that egalitarianism working out for women’s sports with the encroachment of transgenders seemingly everywhere?
CONCLUDING THOUGHTS
The Democrats’ perversion and victimology and the use of victimhood and the Marxist concepts of social justice have been a slow-moving cultural revolution that was finally exposed during the Biden years as various executive orders brought the government into overt actions achieve the ends of many of leftwing victim’s rights groups long supported by the Democrat Party. That revolution has perverted American society and the rule of law in favor of protected groups at the expense of the rights and freedoms of individual Americans. However, eventually revolutions consume their own, and a counterrevolution ensues. The 2024 election was an inflection point toward that end. History is littered with countries that walked down the path of government-imposed socialism in pursuit of an egalitarian panacea (in their minds) and subsequently committed cultural and societal seppuku to the detriment of all.
The ongoing Democrat perversion of victimology as a tactic in pursuit of total political power, and achieving their dreams of egalitarianism must be relentlessly fought. It is abundantly clear that they haven’t jettisoned the tactics of victimhood as the Democrat-media complex are doubling down on support for all of the above victim’s groups in pursuit of a return to political power in 2026 (and 2028).
Preservation of our constitutional Republic requires that these people be defeated over and over and over again.
The end.