Victimhood Only Works Until It Doesn’t | Laura Aboli – December 16, 2025

Editors note: Many thanks to blogger E for this share!

There is a point at which victimhood stops protecting and starts exposing…

No one disputes that the Jewish people have suffered enormously in history (who hasn’t). But what I am questioning is not the suffering, it is the permanent political and moral leverage built on top of it.

At some stage, victimhood stopped being a historical reality and became a default posture, one that is repeatedly invoked to shut down criticism, censor debate, and delegitimise anyone who asks uncomfortable questions. Anti-Semitism has become a universal override button:

Question foreign policy?
Anti-Semitic.

Question financial influence?
Anti-Semitic..

Question media power?

Anti-Semitic.

Question religious doctrine?
Anti-Semitic.

The accusation no longer distinguishes between hatred and analysis. It is deployed reflexively, strategically, and often dishonestly and we are getting tired of it.

Christians were slaughtered in the tens of millions under Communism in the 20th century. That fact is barely spoken about, there is no permanent moral shield attached to it and no global censorship regime protects Christians from scrutiny or ridicule. In fact, Christianity is openly mocked, attacked, and blamed, especially in the West.

So the question is not “who suffered most.” That is a grotesque competition no one wins, the question is, who is allowed to suffer forever, and who is told to move on, shut up, or accept collective guilt.

Victimhood becomes dangerous when it is inherited rather than experienced, when it is institutionalised rather than remembered, and weaponised rather than healed. At that point, it stops being about justice and starts being about power, and power protected by moral immunity inevitably abuses that protection.

Real anti-Semitism exists, but when the term is stretched to cover legitimate criticism, the word loses meaning.

No group should be beyond scrutiny, no history should grant permanent immunity and no accusation should be immune from abuse itself. Victimhood is not a birthright and it is not eternal.

When it becomes a costume rather than a wound, people start noticing, and once they see it, they cannot unsee it.

When you ‘cry wolf’ too often, people stop listening. Not because they’ve become cruel, but because the accusation has been diluted through overuse.