“Victimhood gives us great moral superiority and entitles us
to unquestioning sympathy while exempting us from examining any single one of
our actions. A victim is utterly devoid of responsibility or blame. This of
course leaves us vulnerable as we will carry on engaging in precisely the
behaviour which provoked an unacceptable response.”
Belinda Brown
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Sometimes it’s good to be King
Sometimes it’s good to be the victim
What is crazy is when people want to be both
They want to have the power
They want to use it and abuse it
They want to flaunt it
But the second they don’t have power,
They are victims
Poor me
It’s all so unfair
I am beset and besotted
Even if they are not being abused
Even the if tactics used against them are milder than the
tactics they used
When they had the power
The problem is this creates a no win
In relationships
In families
In organizations
And in our government
Here is the thing
You cannot abuse power
And the cry when you lose power and the other side
Uses power to pursue the policies and agenda they would
like
You did it when you had the power
If you are “right wing” person you did it with attitude
I have been amazed lately at how much people are willing
To attack others for doing EXACTLY they things they do
Especially the things they do when they have power
There is a moral high place
It is not to be found in bending the rules
Using power abusively
Running
Coming in with guns and threatening lawmakers
Being abusive when you have power sucks
Being abusive, or trying to, when you don’t have power,
sucks
If you are a person, or a party, or a president
You’ve lost my respect
If you come to the capital with log trucks and guns
(when our planet is burning)
You’ve lost my respect
I know its complex
But as a counselor I know abusers when I see them
I know the games
And the lies
And the manipulations
And the violence
And GOP
I’m looking at you
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