This is becoming all too common and readily accepted by the masses. Every time we turn on the radio or TV we hear it, but most don’t even protest the deplorable things spewed.
What am I talking about here? Victim-blaming. When did we as a society become so desensitized, heartless, and cutthroat? Reading today, Representative Peter King (R-NY) basically said that Eric Garner wouldn’t have died if he hadn’t been obese. Really? How about, “Eric Garner wouldn’t have died if the rogue cop, which you praised, hadn’t choked and wrestled Garner down to the ground”? He follows that insult up by taking to Twitter to further praise the cop and declare that justice was served. What justice? The fact that an unarmed, non-threatening man was killed by one who is charged with keeping the peace – on camera???
This is just the latest example of victim-blaming that shows how far we’ve fallen as a society. This is just as low, stupid, and insensitive as blaming a female rape victim for the way her body is built or the clothes she wore when the attack occurred. Look: No one asks to get raped, assaulted, choked, or to have his or her life taken (by anyone). In the insurance industry, that’s the rough equivalent to the idea of comparative negligence, when blame is assigned to everyone involved in the incident.
Saying that someone shouldn’t have been overweight, shouldn’t have worn particular clothes, shouldn’t have been in a particular area, etc. is like telling those individuals they shouldn’t breathe and that their rights and protection only exist when they comply with some unwritten set of rules.
I think the most insulting thing in all this “blaming” is the ones doing the blaming are supposed to be Christians who display the love of Christ and are supposed to love justice and peace. Most are just Klansmen bold enough to live without the hoods.
#BlackLivesMatter
-MB
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