The Persecution Complex is the desire to be oppressed. It is a way to delegitimize actual oppression. The supposed martyr imagines oppression because of a law or regulation designed to protect others. Instead of focusing on the reason for a rule or regulation like the fact that cryptosporidium, a harmful parasite that causes diarrhea can be easily spread in chlorinated pools, the focus is shifted on practicing freedoms. If your freedom harms another, that's not freedom. People with IBS not allow

Tyranny requires constant effort. Oppression is the mask of fear. Authority is brittle. And most importantly: you are never truly alone when standing up to authoritarianism. You have friends everywhere. | Robert Reich

Focusing on issues of oppression and the ripple affect it has throughout America's political, educational, and social systems, Dr. Courtney D. Cogburn of Columbia University School of Social Work and her team developed a VR experience that gives users the opportunity to "walk a mile" in the shoes of a black man as he faces racism at three stages in his life: as a child, during adolescence, and as an adult. | Big Think

The connection between feminism and decolonial struggles rests on the idea that the oppression of women cannot be understood or fought without analyzing the legacy of colonialism and the contemporary forms of structural racism. Decolonial feminism first challenges the universalism of certain Western feminist traditions which, by claiming to speak “for all women,” have often imposed their own cultural, political, and moral norms, thereby obscuring the experiences of racialized, Indigenous, and “G

Freedom or Oppression? Covering up is oppression but taking it off is liberation? 🧕🔥 Isn’t real freedom the right to wear what YOU want — not what society tells you? 💭 Islam gave Muslim women the right to dress modestly with pride — not pressure. 💪✨ #lilyjay #islam #MuslimWomen #Modest #oppression | Lily Jay

Muslim attacked by Britain First thugs during a far-right rally in Manchester yesterday. #unitedkingdom #England #Islam #Muslim | DOAM - Documenting Oppression Against Muslims

20 Hindutva goons attacked a Muslim man Mohammad Imran whilst he travelling to Latur by train. Mohammad was attacked after being identified by his religious appearance. They beat him up, pulled his beard and threw away his cap. #India #Islam #Muslim | DOAM - Documenting Oppression Against Muslims