You could be a Victim too !

Don’t miss out ! You too can line up for a grab bag of goodies that are absolutely free. No effort required, and almost everyone will qualify. Imagine the opportunity of financial gain and promotions at work. You can, for free, enlist herds of attorneys to punish anyone who doesn’t support you.
Welcome to the victims club. Official victims, all have a state sponsored apparatus to advance their claims and prosecute their enemies. The victims club assigns women, ethnic minority members, gay, lesbian and transgendered people, and disabled people to its membership, even if they refuse. They are represented by various Equal Opportunities Commissions, Commissions for Racial Equality, and Disability Rights groups. You also have at your disposal various labor and civil rights lobbyists and legal teams ready to fight the battle of putting you in the driver’s seat.

Think of the possibilities. Even if you were not lucky enough to be born a victim, you can still join the club and glean all the aforementioned benefits. Did you spill coffee on yourself and get burned? Probably the restaurant made the coffee too hot. Did the doctor fail to heal you? Cha Ching ! You’ve just entered the medical lottery by suing the Doctor. Besides, their malpractice insurance company will probably settle out of court.
Did you fail at a work assignment? Probably there were circumstances that made it difficult for you to succeed in the first place. Not to mention the oppressive demeanor and probable prejudice of your boss, who needs to pay and pay big. Residential renters are oppressed by landlords, employees by business owners, students by teachers and the list goes on forever.
We have unfortunately slouched our way into becoming a nation of victims. “Victim-ocracy” undermines our democracy because people are no longer considered equal under the law. Victimhood is a political status that is sought after because of the advantages of preferential treatment in the workplace. Add to that the possibility of using free legal power to silence any critics and grease the skids for financial compensation. The reality is that to be classified as a victim is to be given a special political status, which in many cases has no connection with real hardship or oppression.
When you add together all the various victims groups, you discover that they are the majority. While many of you are likely to reject any assigned victimhood status, the friendly federal and state government that knows all, has assigned you to a victims group anyway. Look at the following percentages; Women (51%) , all Ethnic Minorities combined (24.2%), Age 62 or older (14.7%). Source: The 2000 US Census.
Sure some folks are double or triple victims, but when you add the various groups together and sort out the duplicates, the victims come close to 70% of the population. I have to say that the small group of oppressors must be extremely efficient to accommodate all these victims.
My opinion is that we need to reserve victim status to the truly oppressed. The notion of “Mass Victimhood” dilutes our natural compassion and desire to help those in actual need to such an extent, we risk passing over the folks that do deserve our attention and need our help.

Several years ago I hired a plumber to fix old iron sewer pipes under our 1940’s era home. The man that arrived was in his 70’s and had a noticeable limp from Polio. He struggled to shake my hand, yet he crawled under the house, sawed out those nasty iron sewer pipes, and fixed everything in 4 hours. Almost ashamed to have an older man do this work for me, my heart went out to him but he did not require nor expect my sympathy. He was a proud plumbing professional, and after he scrawled out his invoice, we paid him and he was off to the next job.

This man could have signed up to at least 3 victims groups, yet he like so many of his generation saw life as a natural struggle and was proud to be able to make an honest living. He would have been angry to be labeled a victim. This is the American attitude that I embrace. The more people that refuse to participate in the self defeating world of Victimhood the stronger we will be as a nation.

America has always been a country of opportunity and Americans are recognized as uniquely able to overcome any obstacle. We pride ourselves as being problem solvers. Americans have advanced the health, wealth and well being of the entire planet based on this attitude. We are not victims nor are we oppressors. We are a generous, hard working and a giving people that will hopefully continue to inspire the rest of the world.