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[MineralMan]

39. But a number of people have said that the victims "should have expected"

that reaction. It's the same as saying that a young woman wearing clothing that draws attention to her secondary sexual characteristics "should expect to be assaulted." It is blaming the victim for the crime committed against the victim. That is what I'm talking about. People are saying that very thing, both here on DU and in other venues. Lots of people.

If I walk down a dark street in a city and am mugged, will people say I should have expected to be mugged and not walked down that street? Many people would say that and say similar things all the time. Perhaps I work or live on that street. I should not be blamed for being mugged, in any case. The mugger bears the sole responsibility for mugging me.

Victim blaming is ugly. Victim blaming is wrong.

I'm saying that people are blaming the victims of the Charlie Hebdo violence. They are saying that they shouldn't have published that and that they should have expected a violent reaction. That, MADem, is victim blaming, pure and simple.

You're implying that I'm saying something I am not saying. This post should clarify that.