pedestrianpinniped t1_j6gwvth wrote on January 30, 2023 at 6:01 AM

I get where you're coming from but I would say expand your empathy a bit. Could just be dicks but I suspect many of the comments like this come from people who spent weeks/months/years simmering in frustration watching someone they cared about repeatedly refusing to leave an obviously abusive relationship. It is not only traumatic to the direct victim.

sadworldmadworld t1_j6he0ch wrote on January 30, 2023 at 9:47 AM

>It is not only traumatic to the direct victim.

...okay but no one is making character statements about the indirect "victims" the way people do about the incredibly frustrating people that "repeatedly [refuse] to leave an obviously abusive relationship"? Sure, maybe the world needs to be more empathetic towards the indirect victims, but the world DEFINITELY is still not enlightened enough to stop victim blaming. Case in point.