The Trans Rights Movement Is Obsessed With Victimization
And we should all be concerned about this
Certain people are prone to adopt victimhood as an identity… they are proud of their victimhood; they compete with each other… it becomes identity politics… The infiltration of narcissists and psychopaths is universal in all these victimhood movements and they become the public face of the movement… It’s very dangerous, because if you are a perennial victim, if this is your identity… you would tend to feel entitled to special treatment and, if you don’t get this special treatment, you will become aggressive… The potential for aggression in victimhood movements is much larger than in the general population… Anything that is grievance-based leads to violence and death. End of story. All death cults started as victimhood movements.
- Sam Vaknin
In October of last year, Michael Shallenberger tweeted a clip of psychologist Sam Vaknin talking about victimhood movements and why they have such a potential for aggression and violence.
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