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Robert Parry on the Sectarian Right's "Victimhood":

But [Newt]Gingrich and other Republican leaders have grasped the political advantage that comes from letting some group, even a powerful and privileged one, wallow in the self-pity of their own "victimhood."

In the 1990s, an effective right-wing theme was the complaint against "political correctness," which often came down to universities and other institutions applying clumsy restrictions against young white men shouting the n-word at African-Americans or using other offensive language.

Though American white men were arguably the most privileged group on earth, the "political correctness" theme allowed them to get righteous and angry against their supposed persecutors.