Conor Friedersdorf

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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

If a meth-addicted homeless man stabs a middle class insurance adjuster to death outside her home, is she his victim? Was Princess Diana the victim of the paparazzi? Can teen hackers victimize millionaire actresses? Power dynamics are tremendously complicated and dynamic. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 24, 2021

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The implication seems to be that it's inherently suspicious or problematic for someone with more power to claim to be the victim of someone with less power. Let's test that general view. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 24, 2021

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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

That's not to say that Cobb is totally wrong--inflated claims of victimhood from the powerful absolutely can be wrongheaded and even dangerous. But you've got to make the fleshed out argument, not beg the question based on relative power along one dimension. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 24, 2021