@Uraael@blahaj.zone There is some complicated psychology behind it about how everyone likes to see themselves as the underdog. I once had a student who was very loud about how he was "persecuted" and "oppressed" in my class for being a Trumper. Since his course work was good he had all A's. Even got his time to "argue" in class. Still felt like the underdog.
@TarkabarkaHolgy @Uraael "Persecuted" for RWNJ's means "forced to encounter people and ideas that don't agree with my ideology", not any, like, actual persecution.
@TarkabarkaHolgy @Uraael There's a recurring bit from Brian Zahnd where he says Christians always see themselves as Israel under Rome's boot, and not the empire, despite their dominant cultural position.
@JuliusGoat 's recent piece on the mall shooting in Texas also talks about this: https://www.the-reframe.com/cruel-luxuries/
It's like only white dudes are permitted to be sympathetic. I think of news articles that frame white teenage criminals as "boys," but black teen suspects as "men."