Dear Lord, Deliver Us

[wlotus]

When someone mentions how unhealthy it is to blame victims for the wrongs done to them, it is not appropriate to question whether the person's poor choices put them in harm's way. A person making a poor choice (like walking naked down the street) does not make someone else harm them. The person who harmed them chose to do so, just like they could have chosen to keep going and not lay a hair on the naked person. The perpetrator's choice to harm someone is the only problem that needs addressing at that moment. Period.

Arguing otherwise does not prove your point. It only proves just how much you do not get it.

Comments

[rockbirthedme.livejournal.com]

*smiles Buddha-like smile* Yes.

[wlotus.livejournal.com]

I shall smile all Buddha-like once I am done thinking smiting thoughts.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[acoustics1220.livejournal.com]

I completely agree. No one asks to get beaten for walking down the street at midnight. A naked person isn't asked to be assaulted. (granted, they're not mentally ill)

I really despise that type of thinking, but it never ceases to amaze me how illogical people can be, and the ignorance that's still out there. It just blows my mind.