(September 18, 2016 at 7:42 pm)BrokenQuill92 Wrote: Can we as a society stop pretending that saying "You shouldn't get blackout wasted." is somehow victim blaming?No. Because it is. Let's be completely clear about this so there's no ambiguity, advising responsible drinking is completely different to telling a victim of rape that the responsibility of the rapist is partially diminished. The first is making sure that people are aware that society is unable to fully act on it's responsibility for communal safety and that negative things can happen as a result of intoxication, the other is victim blaming. If I get drunk, fall over and break my ankle, that's all my fault and people should rightly reprimand me for being irresponsible. If I get drunk and someone else takes advantage of my condition, I need victim-support not criticism. Or do you think that it's not the responsibility of people to not take advantage of vulnerable people, irrespective of the reasons for the vulnerability?
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