Blaming the Victim...

So I read a story the other day about how you shouldn't blame the victim (in regards to rape).  Yes, people should be able to go wherever they want, whenever they want, wearing whatever they want, and imbibing in whatever they want without the threat of being raped.  But, it's not just rape that people should be free from the fear of.

I'm thinking about Aspergers at the moment and social conformation.  Nobody should have to change who they are to please the mainstream and avoid being downtrodden (and teased).  Rather than telling "weirdos" to act normal if they want to be treated well, blame the people who don't treat "weirdos" well.

People say that respect has to be earned, but that is absurd.  It makes way more sense to assume that someone isn't a dickhead/dummy/asshole until proven otherwise (ala innocent until proven guilty).

It's not just Aspergers and such, but any interaction between people of different cultures (basically any two people).

Yeah, of course, people are going to look down on you if you do non-mainstream things (like wearing the same clothes every day), but if someone acts differently towards you because of that, THAT PERSON is at fault (and is a dick-head).

This is probably self-evident, but I don't think this is something people think about.