The victimization culture has become an overwhelming feature in our modern discourse. It offers a culture (henceforth, vc) that is almost always antagonistic toward the cause of the conservative Christian faith. VC looks around its environment for micro-aggressions, eager to act as the moral arbiter. Indeed, this culture attempts to form a new morality that despises a merit-based world–the kind that has defined Western Civilization–in favor of passive rewards.
The argument is quite simple: You are, therefore, you deserve. This new religious class lumps entire cultures into neat associations that help categorize them into antagonists or champions of human rights. If you support their cause, a Nobel Peace Prize is nearby.
What we have is a new generation of youth pre-cooked for victimization. Their entire demeanor is pre-disposed to being offended by the smallest acts or rituals. Ironically, these disgruntled/confused men and women want nothing more than dominion. They want to impose their morality on others, which for their cause means to legislate a no-tolerance agenda towards “fanatics” who believe in the authority of holy writ.
To provide a fruitful dialogue in the VC, you need to speak carefully with every nuance, avoid all the pitfalls of potential hurt, navigate carefully the waters of gender ideology, and speak from a position of deference to the greater good of such culture. In this worldview, everyone is fundamentally against you; if they don’t bow down to your needs, they are oppressors. Essentially, this VC has provided a space where the conversation is necessarily evil if you begin from a position of authority, especially the One from on High.
The entire proposal from “Victimization Culture” stems from a “guilty” before proven innocent philosophy. And this is coming down the pipe for “radicals” like us who treasure biblical inerrancy and have little tolerance for mind games played by the Left in this country. No matter how much you assert that the walls of partition are broken down in the name of Messiah Jesus, no matter how often you preach Jesus Christ crucified for sinners, you are still guilty of not performing the act of submission towards the cause of victimization.
I am led to the simple conclusion that we cannot allow our children to be trained under such infidels to the Triune Mission. Faithful worship and faithful cultivation of habits of grace in the church and household is the solution to the day’s confusion. One can be a genuine victim of evil whose life will require community care, love, and truth. We pray churches will embrace such people and lead them to green pastures of comfort and peace.
As an observer of this modern phenomenon, I stand humbled and grateful for a true Victim who suffered at the hands of murderers and unjust men for our cause. He suffered, t yet did not seek to force others to pay him homage but transformed others to love his suffering. True victims are beholden to the cause of a true Sufferer– stricken, smitten, and afflicted for our victory to the eternal praise of his glorious grace.
