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Let's say you want to avoid victim blaming entirely, which is probably the best course of action in social media discussions, in some forms of writing (generally nonfiction works and in fictional works where you don't want to address the issues which it brings up), and in some other places.
* The first thing to remember is that there are some things that are undeserved by ''anyone'' (except, perhaps, to those who have committed them against others, if [[Eye for An Eye]] or [[Poetic Justice]] is justice in your values system, and even if it is, it's good to remember that such has extreme [[Values Dissonance]]). The big [[Unacceptable Targets]] of these are generally victims of rape, murder or violent assault with intent to kill, torture, bereavement, genocide of one's people, and terminal illness. Blaming these people ''in any way'' is generally seen as [[Dude, Not Funny]] unless you're writing something that is intentionally [[Black Comedy]], [[Crossing the Line Twice]], or [[Dead Baby Comedy]] - and even then sometimes.
* You do not understand the experiences of another unless you have experienced them, and sometimes not even then. Just because ''you'' would not have made a particular choice or agreed with it does not mean the person who ''did'' make that choice is bad or inferior or deserving of blame for it. You do not know what influenced that choice, either, unless the person tells you.
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