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Author Topic: This explains so much about woke victim mentality  (Read 7769 times)


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Re: This explains so much about woke victim mentality
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2021, 11:29:52 AM »
I’m pretty sure I already posted that one, maybe as a link in a different thread. But yes, good that researchers realize that this is a thing. It is glaringly obvious in many cases.

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Re: This explains so much about woke victim mentality
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2021, 10:19:33 PM »
God willing they'll figure out how to inculcate it in all. The victims shall be the victors.
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Re: This explains so much about woke victim mentality
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2021, 12:46:12 AM »
Well it's certainly a good thing that conservatives never see themselves as victims.

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Re: This explains so much about woke victim mentality
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2021, 09:12:01 PM »
Well it's certainly a good thing that conservatives never see themselves as victims.

At least, the whole ideology is not based on victimhood.

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Re: This explains so much about woke victim mentality
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2021, 11:38:54 PM »
Well it's certainly a good thing that conservatives never see themselves as victims.
Very true.  A victim is helpless, at the mercy of powerful forces they can't hope to protect themselves from.  They don't buy guns to protect themselves, preach self-reliance, eschew government taking the place of personal responsibility, prep for societal collapse (you know, all of the things conservatives are mocked and criticized for).  No, victims whine about how helpless they are and wait for someone else to solve their problems.  A conservative can be a casualty, but not a victim...

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Re: This explains so much about woke victim mentality
« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2021, 12:23:47 AM »
Well it's certainly a good thing that conservatives never see themselves as victims.

I heard someone talking about the locus of control.

If you have an internal locus of control then you can take action to save yourself.  If you have an external locus of control then you need the Cathedral to save you.
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Re: This explains so much about woke victim mentality
« Reply #7 on: April 06, 2021, 01:39:18 AM »
I read a nice little article talking about population density's effect on politics. Basically, she said: if you're living in the middle of nowhere, even a well-run system is only getting an ambulance to you in 45 minutes, or a mechanic in 3 hours. If you sit around waiting for someone else to help you, you die. But if you live in a big city, it's now 5-10' for the ambulance and 30' for the mechanic. You can usually wait that long.

And of course, in that rural area if you get quicker help, it's not coming from the government or a corporation, it's coming from your neighbour.

So, rural areas will produce people who think of self-reliance and community. Urban areas will produce people who think of big government helping them - they don't even know their neighbours' names, usually, and certainly wouldn't rely on them for CPR or a jumpstart for their car.

Obviously the world isn't divided neatly into rural and urban, and people move from one to the other over the course of their lives, and so on and so forth, so it's not a perfect division. But it's something to think of.

With that in mind, perhaps the woke victim is simply reaching out for some community and help.
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Re: This explains so much about woke victim mentality
« Reply #8 on: April 06, 2021, 02:08:25 AM »
Well it's certainly a good thing that conservatives never see themselves as victims.

I heard someone talking about the locus of control.

If you have an internal locus of control then you can take action to save yourself.  If you have an external locus of control then you need the Cathedral to save you.

You can certainly trick yourself into thinking your actions can save yourself anyway.
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Re: This explains so much about woke victim mentality
« Reply #9 on: April 06, 2021, 09:20:38 AM »
Well it's certainly a good thing that conservatives never see themselves as victims.

I heard someone talking about the locus of control.

If you have an internal locus of control then you can take action to save yourself.  If you have an external locus of control then you need the Cathedral to save you.

You can certainly trick yourself into thinking your actions can save yourself anyway.

And certainly millions have tricked themselves into believing the government will help them and have their best interests at heart.
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Re: This explains so much about woke victim mentality
« Reply #10 on: April 06, 2021, 11:28:47 AM »
Well it's certainly a good thing that conservatives never see themselves as victims.

I heard someone talking about the locus of control.

If you have an internal locus of control then you can take action to save yourself.  If you have an external locus of control then you need the Cathedral to save you.

You can certainly trick yourself into thinking your actions can save yourself anyway.

And certainly millions have tricked themselves into believing the government will help them and have their best interests at heart.

But enough about the Trump presidency.
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Re: This explains so much about woke victim mentality
« Reply #11 on: April 06, 2021, 12:12:16 PM »
But enough about the Trump presidency.

Oh one of these faggots again...
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Re: This explains so much about woke victim mentality
« Reply #12 on: April 06, 2021, 12:27:17 PM »
But enough about the Trump presidency.

Oh one of these faggots again...

Yeah one of those useless pieces of shit. Shame you can't do anything about it.
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Re: This explains so much about woke victim mentality
« Reply #13 on: April 06, 2021, 12:32:42 PM »
But enough about the Trump presidency.

Oh one of these faggots again...

Just block him Brad.  The TDS is all the justification you need.

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Re: This explains so much about woke victim mentality
« Reply #14 on: April 06, 2021, 12:33:54 PM »
But enough about the Trump presidency.

Oh one of these faggots again...

Just block him Brad.  The TDS is all the justification you need.

Please do. This makes it easier to watch old men die in piece.

Unless you're one of those fuckups who takes not blocking people as a sign of virtue or some shit.
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