NewsBlurbs – The Public Sphere http://thepublicsphere.com A Provocative Space of Critical Conversation Fri, 03 Apr 2015 04:12:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.2 The Perpetual Practice of True Victimhood http://thepublicsphere.com/the-perpetual-practice-of-true-victimhood/ http://thepublicsphere.com/the-perpetual-practice-of-true-victimhood/#comments http://thepublicsphere.com/?p=464

In the September 15, 2008 Los Angeles Times, Gregory Rodriguez reminds us that U.S. politics has a love-hate relationship with the idea of victimhood. People, like Rush Limbaugh, criticize the ideas of "victimhood" when an ethic of proper treatment for victims leads to increased civil rights for African Americans. At the same time, John McCain loves playing his running mate as the victim of a misogynistic news media if he thinks it will solidify the base behind him. How does the U.S. sustain the tension between hating other people's claims to victimization but loving our own?

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In the September 15, 2008  Los Angeles Times, Gregory Rodriguez reminds us that U.S. politics has a love-hate relationship with the idea of victimhood. People, like Rush Limbaugh, criticize the ideas of “victimhood” when an ethic of proper treatment for victims leads to increased civil rights for African Americans. At the same time, John McCain loves playing his running mate as the victim of a misogynistic news media if he thinks it will solidify the base behind him. How does the U.S. sustain the tension between hating other people’s claims to victimization but loving our own?

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