(December 5, 2015 at 9:13 pm)Divinity Wrote: Again, I used examples made by Manning to define Victimhood Culture. Manning, one of the people who originated the term "Victimhood Culture." One of the people who wrote the paper that Haidt mentions at the beginning.
This is the last sentence of the paragraph you quoted:
Quote:“That people seek to advertise or make cases for their victimization and oppression, or in some cases falsely claim membership in oppressed groups, stood out to us as the most fascinating difference from other moral systems,” he wrote.It's an observation, one which is qualified as a 'fascinating difference'. Where is the invective?
It's an observation which is adequately described by use of the term victimhood. Manning's more complete thought on the matter is also reported in the article:
Quote:After brainstorming other terms, he continued, no alternatives captured the distinctions that he and his co-author want to draw. The term “egalitarian culture” could “apply as well to the fragile, touchy equality between honorable gentlemen or to the moral egalitarianism evident in the concept of inherent human dignity or to the egalitarianism of hunter gatherers,” he wrote. "Social justice culture might work, though that seems to have even more baggage than victimhood and to not apply so well to cases that don't involve liberals or progressives.”
He understood the heartburn people would have, considered other options, but maintained its use because he thought it to be the best description of what was being observed. Nobody is saying good or bad or even better or worse; it's an observed difference in the reaction to offense.
