A psychological decision to compound every new adverse event as another excuse to grow one's own sense of aggrieved victimhood. It can be seen in individuals, groups or entire countries.
Grievance whirlpool sufferers have a manifest lack of resilience, "build a bridge and get over it" does not compute.
They are so fragile they will distort any: exhortation to effort, admonishment to compliance, correction of error, criticism of ideas, limitation of privileges and application of just punishment as an equally invalid personal and cumulative attack.
Grievance whirlpool sufferers have a manifest lack of resilience, "build a bridge and get over it" does not compute.
They are so fragile they will distort any: exhortation to effort, admonishment to compliance, correction of error, criticism of ideas, limitation of privileges and application of just punishment as an equally invalid personal and cumulative attack.
1) Johnny continues to flounder in his grievance whirlpool blaming yet again this teacher for this suspension because he somehow thinks it will fix a suspension he got in Yr7, over 3 years ago.
2) Those graduates from the University of Life spin further into the abyss of their grievance whirlpool each time their failure to grasp Yr9 Science is exposed by Scientists, the very same people that mocked them in school for licking the chemicals.
3) The “14 grievances”, yes they actually named their own grievance whirlpool when the Chinese government sheepishly informed Australian journalists how upset they were at being told they couldn't buy politicians anymore. Then they started the Trade Wars of 2020, because Australia somehow was part of the "100 Years of Shame", ask Xi, he'll tell you all about it for 2 hours.
2) Those graduates from the University of Life spin further into the abyss of their grievance whirlpool each time their failure to grasp Yr9 Science is exposed by Scientists, the very same people that mocked them in school for licking the chemicals.
3) The “14 grievances”, yes they actually named their own grievance whirlpool when the Chinese government sheepishly informed Australian journalists how upset they were at being told they couldn't buy politicians anymore. Then they started the Trade Wars of 2020, because Australia somehow was part of the "100 Years of Shame", ask Xi, he'll tell you all about it for 2 hours.
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The descriptive version of the Red Pill regarding male and female nature is often confused with the prescriptive versions of the Red Pill and its movements as well as its grievance cultures.
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A fallacy that dismisses legitimate grievances by comparing them to supposedly worse grievances elsewhere. "You think you have problems? What about X?" The fallacy doesn't address the grievance itself; it just points to someone else's greater suffering as if that negates the original complaint. It's the logic of "children are starving in Africa, so you can't complain about your job." The Fallacy of Relative Grievance is beloved of those who want to shut down discussion rather than engage with it, who would rather change the subject than address the issue. It ignores that multiple grievances can coexist, that suffering is not a zero-sum game, and that pointing to worse problems elsewhere doesn't solve the problem here.
Example: "She complained about workplace harassment. He responded with the Fallacy of Relative Grievance: 'Women in other countries can't even go to school. You should be grateful.' Her harassment wasn't addressed; it was just relativized away. The comparison didn't help her; it silenced her. That was the point."
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Example: "He responded to her account of systemic racism with the Fallacy of Absolute Grievance: 'Everyone faces discrimination. White people have problems too.' The equivalence was false, the balance manufactured. Her centuries of oppression were flattened into 'everyone has problems,' and suddenly no one had to do anything. Absolute grievance had made action impossible."
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