{"id":1073287,"date":"2021-12-01T15:44:46","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T20:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1073287"},"modified":"2021-12-01T15:44:49","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T20:44:49","slug":"digressive-victimhood-leftists-make-up-another-buzzword-to-call-people-racist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/digressive-victimhood-leftists-make-up-another-buzzword-to-call-people-racist\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Digressive Victimhood\u2019: Leftists Make Up Another Buzzword To Call People Racist"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdigressive-victimhood-leftists-make-up-another-buzzword-to-call-people-racist%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1073287&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Are you a white \u2014 dare I say Christian \u2014 American who does not like being labeled a \u201chomophobe\u201d or \u201cracist\u201d? According to some top psychologists, you may be engaging in \u201cdigressive victimhood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a paper published by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0022103121001360\">Journal of Experimental Social Psychology<\/a>, researchers from prestigious institutions such as University College London, UCLA, and Northwestern University argue that white and Christian Americans tend to disagree with leftists when they are unfairly made the targets of slander.<\/p>\n<p>When dominant groups are accused of discrimination against non-dominant groups, they often seek to portray themselves as the victims of discrimination instead. Sometimes, however, members of dominant groups counter accusations of discrimination by invoking victimhood on a new dimension of harm, changing the topic being discussed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The professors examined two phenomena \u2014 Christian Americans \u201cresponding to accusations of homophobia by claiming threatened religious liberty\u201d and white Americans \u201cresponding to accusations of racism by claiming threatened free speech.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We show that members of dominant groups endorse digressive victimhood claims more strongly than conventional competitive victimhood claims (i.e., ones that claim \u201creverse discrimination\u201d). Additionally, accounting for the fact that these claims may also stand to benefit a wider range of people and appeal to more abstract principles, we show that this preference is driven by the perception that digressive victimhood claims are more effective at silencing further criticism from the non-dominant group.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Underscoring that these claims may be used strategically, we observed that individuals high in outgroup prejudice were willing to express a positive endorsement of the digressive victimhood claims even when they did not fully support the principle they claimed to be defending (e.g., freedom of religion or speech).<\/p>\n<p>The researchers asked 467 Christians to read two opinion pieces: \u201cChristians are the true victims in modern America\u201d and \u201cReligious Liberty is the true victim in modern America.\u201d After reading the articles, participants were told to \u201cindicate the degree to which they endorsed the argument and the extent to which they thought it would be effective against arguments to the contrary.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They were also told to share their support for religious freedom and complete a \u201cmodern homophobia scale\u201d \u2014 which likely rivals the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=X2xlQaimsGg\">witchcraft test<\/a> portrayed by the comedy movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail in scientific rigor.<\/p>\n<p>The paper nevertheless concluded that Christian Americans preferred the \u201cdigressive victimhood claim\u201d that accusations of discrimination from homosexuals threatens religious liberty, rather than the \u201cconventional competitive victimhood claim\u201d that accusations of discrimination from homosexuals threaten Christians.<\/p>\n<p>Another study directed 1,170 white Americans to listen to an audio clip describing protests at a university in response to \u201cracially insensitive costumes at an off-campus themed party,\u201d which resulted in the suspension of nine white students.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One group of participants were told that the students were \u201cbeing denied access to education by the university,\u201d while the other participants heard that the true victim was \u201cthe right to free speech in America.\u201d The researchers again concluded that \u201cmembers of dominant groups express stronger endorsement for digressive victimhood claims than competitive victimhood claims.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe took a very focused approach in this research, only looking at how people responded to a few specific examples of victimhood claiming,\u201d one researcher told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psypost.org\/2021\/11\/a-new-psychological-concept-called-digressive-victimhood-helps-explain-how-dominant-groups-rebuff-claims-of-discrimination-62172\">PsyPost<\/a>. \u201cWe hope future research will examine a wider array of victimhood claims and examine how and when members of dominant groups make these claims spontaneously.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cWe look forward to the conversation and additional research that this paper generates!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you a white \u2014 dare I say Christian \u2014 American who does not like being labeled a \u201chomophobe\u201d or \u201cracist\u201d? According to some top psychologists, you may be engaging in \u201cdigressive victimhood.\u201dIn a paper published by the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, researchers from prestigious institutions such as University College London, UCLA, and Northwestern University argue that white and Christian Americans tend to disagree with leftists when they are unfairly made the targets of slander.When dominant groups are accused of discrimination against non-dominant groups, they often seek to portray themselves as the victims of discrimination instead. Sometimes, however, members of dominant groups counter accusations of discrimination by invoking victimhood on a new dimension of harm, changing the topic being discussed.\u00a0The professors examined two phenomena \u2014 Christian Americans \u201cresponding to accusations of homophobia by claiming threatened religious liberty\u201d and white Americans \u201cresponding to accusations of racism by claiming threatened free speech.\u201dWe show that members of dominant groups endorse digressive victimhood claims more strongly than conventional competitive victimhood claims (i.e., ones that claim \u201creverse discrimination\u201d). Additionally, accounting for the fact that these claims may also stand to benefit a wider range of people and appeal to more abstract principles, we show that this preference is driven by the perception that digressive victimhood claims are more effective at silencing further criticism from the non-dominant group.\u00a0Underscoring that these claims may be used strategically, we observed that individuals high in outgroup prejudice were willing to express a positive endorsement of the digressive victimhood claims even when they did not fully support the principle they claimed to be defending (e.g., freedom of religion or speech).The researchers asked 467 Christians to read two opinion pieces: \u201cChristians are the true victims in modern America\u201d and \u201cReligious Liberty is the true victim in modern America.\u201d After reading the articles, participants were told to \u201cindicate the degree to which they endorsed the argument and the extent to which they thought it would be effective against arguments to the contrary.\u201d\u00a0They were also told to share their support for religious freedom and complete a \u201cmodern homophobia scale\u201d \u2014 which likely rivals the witchcraft test portrayed by the comedy movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail in scientific rigor.The paper nevertheless concluded that Christian Americans preferred the \u201cdigressive victimhood claim\u201d that accusations of discrimination from homosexuals threatens religious liberty, rather than the \u201cconventional competitive victimhood claim\u201d that accusations of discrimination from homosexuals threaten Christians.Another study directed 1,170 white Americans to listen to an audio clip describing protests at a university in response to \u201cracially insensitive costumes at an off-campus themed party,\u201d which resulted in the suspension of nine white students.\u00a0One group of participants were told that the students were \u201cbeing denied access to education by the university,\u201d while the other participants heard that the true victim was \u201cthe right to free speech in America.\u201d The researchers again concluded that \u201cmembers of dominant groups express stronger endorsement for digressive victimhood claims than competitive victimhood claims.\u201d\u201cWe took a very focused approach in this research, only looking at how people responded to a few specific examples of victimhood claiming,\u201d one researcher told PsyPost. \u201cWe hope future research will examine a wider array of victimhood claims and examine how and when members of dominant groups make these claims spontaneously.\u201d He added, \u201cWe look forward to the conversation and additional research that this paper generates!\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1073287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1073287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1073287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1073287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1073287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}