Victim‑Poster Syndrome

I made it up. I needed to, so I could try to make sense of it. Because I am so tired of people posting bullshit and then becoming victims when they get pushback.

So much of our lives—of our friendships, families, and communities—now happens in the glow of a screen. Our relationships can deepen there, or they can fray a little more every time we log on. I gnash my teeth more often than I’d like to admit at the people who make sweeping statements and then retreat as victims the moment anyone asks a question. Who make it about them. Who toss in a straw‑man argument and then climb inside the straw suit themselves.