it's almost a rule of thumb that identifying as a victim causes recreation of the very structures of oppression that create new victimhoodhttps://twitter.com/a_yawning_cat/status/1395930796079255555?s=20 …
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imo the biggest misconception about being bullied or excluded is the belief that it's b/c the people were too mean or unloving it's far more likely that mostly people r afraid to think for themselves and so don't want to associate with anything too foreign
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it's not always as obvious as "bullies were bullied" since the form of violence changes. it can be physically stuffing u in a locker in one generation and passive aggressively implying u are immoral for not being vegan in another
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Isn't it even more likely that they're feeling precarious/powerless in some way themselves and looking to gain a sense of power as self-protection or validation?
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Stigma and shunning evolved as a way to protect social groups from predatory or parasitic actors. And then exploiting the stigmatizing and shunning mechanisms of social groups became a skill useful to predatory or parasitic actors. All tactics become double edged over time.
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