Have you ever noticed how activists pushing victim-centered, Start By Believing, and trauma-informed methods avoid certain key words and phrases? Words like:

• Presumption of innocence
• Due process
• Alleged
• Complainant

This is not a mere oversight. It's because these activists don't believe in the "presumption of innocence" and "due process." And they hold a quasi-religious belief that complainants should always be presumed to be "victims."

When certain words don't exist, then the underlying concept loses its vitality and force.

George Orwell would have had a name for this: "Victim-Think."