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{{quote|''All sympathy given to victims is treacherous. The love is directed exclusively to a victim whom one consider oneself superior to. [...] It's a human psychological mechanism to be excited at the chance to help someone who is weaker, a victim. But this only works for as long as this hierarchy is firmly in place.''
|'''Natascha Kampusch''', in the epilogue of ''3096 Days''}}
Poor Bob! [[All of the Other Reindeer|He's not exactly the same way as everyone else.]] And as we all know, [[False Dichotomy|there's only two kinds of people]]: The good normal people who are like us, and the people who are not like us and who are thus lesser than us. And thus, Bob ought to be grateful that Alice is such a wonderful person who looks down on him with mercy instead of hatred. While she would never consider him an equal, she pities him for not being like her.
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Sometimes a version or subversion of your run-of-the-mill [[Strawman Political]]. Compare [[Moral Guardians]], [[Windmill Political]], [[Internalized Categorism]], [[Black and White Insanity]] and [[Heteronormative Crusader]]. Contrast [[For Happiness]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Arguably can apply to ''[[Bleach]]'''s Neliel Tu Oderschvank - she openly tells Nnoitra that she pities him because he is "an animal" in comparison to her and cannot comprehend his motivations towards fighting or his reasons for living. Naturally, he does not take this well.
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