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J<\/span>ust when you thought the Left\u2019s victimhood fetish couldn\u2019t go further, it has. Welcome to the Lindsay Clancy trial, where a mother who clearly killed her three children avoided conviction on a hung jury. The Left cheered on Clancy and the wheels of justice stalled.\u00a0(RELATED: <\/strong>Five Quick Things: Is the Lindsay Clancy Case a Windfall for the GOP?<\/strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Clancy is hardly alone on the Left\u2019s victimization of criminals. There is Luigi Mangione, who stalked and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO\u00a0Brian Thompson. There is Tyler Robinson, Charlie Kirk\u2019s killer. Tomorrow there will be another.\u00a0(RELATED: Iryna Zarutska, Lindsay Clancy, and the Politics of Who Gets Mourned)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nor are killers the Left\u2019s only outlet for their victimization fetish. Virtually across the board, the Left rush to thrust the martyr\u2019s palm into the hand of all they champion. To be a leftist cause is to be a victim. Just ask Hamas, the\u00a09\/11 terrorists,\u00a0Iran,\u00a0Cuba, Venezuela\u2019s\u00a0Maduro: the list is endless and ever-growing.<\/p>\n

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Victimization gives the Left distinct advantages in any confrontation they choose to provoke.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Yet those who mistakenly believe the Left simply like casting themselves as victims overlook a larger strategy. Victimization gives the Left distinct advantages in any confrontation they choose to provoke.\u00a0(RELATED: <\/strong>Racism, Victimhood, and\u00a0Louisiana v. Callais<\/i><\/strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

First, it puts the Left\u2019s opponents on the defensive. By confusing a debate, or seizing control of its narrative, the Left\u2019s opponents are forced to divert their attention away from the real issues and spend time knocking down the Left\u2019s victimhood assertions.<\/p>\n

If the victimhood argument gains traction with the public, all the better for the Left. It shifts the grounds of debate away from terrain that is almost always unfavorable to them \u2014 after all, you don\u2019t try to redefine arguments where you already hold the stronger position.<\/p>\n

Second, their victimhood strategy divides their opponents, while uniting the Left. At least some of the public will buy into the Left\u2019s victimhood argument (being told you are not responsible for your problems and predicaments is addictively alluring). Often, a not insignificant segment. This is important under any circumstances: more support is always better. But this is particularly important for the Left because they are America\u2019s smallest ideological group by a substantial margin.<\/p>\n

To understand how small America\u2019s Left is, just look at 2024\u2019s exit polls. Although the Left has been rising, \u201cliberals\u201d still only constituted 23 percent of 2024\u2019s voters. That means that 77 percent, over three-quarters, of the country is not of their bent. (RELATED: Why All Leftism Is Now Far Left)<\/strong><\/p>\n

And the further left on the ideological spectrum the Left goes, the smaller a percentage of the electorate they are. Liberals are just a subset of Democrats (who were 31 percent of the 2024 voters); so-called \u201cprogressives\u201d are just a subset of liberals (Pew Research found they were just 7 percent of U.S. adults).<\/p>\n

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The Left therefore cannot hope to win a debate against the rest of America\u2019s ideological spectrum. And they need to gain far more supporters than any other ideological group to reach a majority. So, for the Left to win, they must divide their opponents: their victimhood strategy is a great way to start.<\/p>\n

Third, if victimhood is granted to the Left, they claim the status inherently entitles them to compensatory benefits. If you have been wronged, then you are entitled to compensation, to be made whole. It is no mystery that America\u2019s Left wants a redistribution of the nation\u2019s wealth, resources, and power. Their victimhood strategy plays perfectly to this, the Left\u2019s ultimate goal.<\/p>\n

The establishment of victimhood also gives the Left an opportunity to promise goodies to their supporters. And what better way is there to attract supporters than to promise people that you can give them something for nothing? If you don\u2019t believe this, notice how many mainstream commercial ads entice the general public with offers of \u201cfree\u201d services, estimates, gifts, and more.\u00a0(RELATED: After We Laugh, We Must Treat DSA Program As Deadly Serious)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fourth, the Left\u2019s victimhood strategy absolves them from failure. It is the perfect excuse for why their policies always fail. \u201cThe system was stacked against us; we\u2019re victims after all.\u201d \u201cWe could never have succeeded because we were so victimized.\u201d And \u201cwe would have succeeded had we not been so victimized.\u201d<\/p>\n

Notice too, how the Left\u2019s victimhood is perpetual. So onerous is their victim status, they can never be made whole. Therefore, their victimhood continues indefinitely; it is never something purely encased in the past but lives on into perpetuity. It follows that there is never an endpoint at which compensation should end. The Left will simply let you know when enough is enough.<\/p>\n

Finally, victimhood justifies their actions. The Left justifies all their actions as righteous retaliation because they are victims. Because they are aggrieved, in their mind, they can do no wrong \u2014 even when they are doing wrong. Civil disobedience, interference with law enforcement, criminal acts \u2014 increasingly even violence and assassination \u2014 the Left claims all as their due. Their victimhood strategy therefore gives a carte blanche<\/em>\u00a0to the Left.<\/p>\n

Unquestionably, the Left enjoys the role of victim. By predilection, they migrate to it. But they also come to victimhood by premeditation; it does much more for the Left than makes them feel good. It advantages them, even as it disadvantages the rest of us.<\/p>\n

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J.T. Young is the author of the recent book,\u00a0Unprecedented Assault: How Big Government Unleashed America\u2019s Socialist Left<\/em>\u00a0from\u00a0RealClear Publishing.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Follow him on\u00a0Substack.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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