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CMV: It's ok to say that a victim of a crime was partially at fault. That doesn't mean you aren't sympathetic to their experience, it just means that you're aware that that experience was avoidable. The term 'Victim blaming' is often used to shut conversation down so as not to upset the victim.

I got accused of victim blaming earlier for saying that a high profile celebrity should make sure to have strong passwords and (if possible) two-step authentication on all social media and cloud storage services. If they don't, they are partly at fault for being hacked. 

As someone in the public eye, they should know that hackers will target them, and they should take necessary steps to make sure that, if they're targeted, the hackers have as little chance as possible of getting in.

I feel like the term and concept of 'victim blaming' is predicated on the false idea that there's no real consequence to anything you do. Unfortunately a lot of crimes happen to people who could otherwise have been more careful or sensible. 

Disclaimer: I am not talking about people being raped because of what they're wearing. Study after study has shown that clothing just isn't a factor in rapes in any noticeable way. I am not a rape apologist. I am not saying people who were raped had it coming. 

My point is that 'victim blaming' is used now to completely disavow any kind of personal responsibility for actions (or sometimes inaction) that lead to someone taking advantage of you. 

Sometimes the victim is partially at fault and sometimes the victim completely brought victimisation on themselves. I don't think someone is inherently without fault just because their actions caused someone else to use the opportunity to harm or take advantage of them.

I'm not saying the opportunist is not at fault, either. I believe that two people can be at fault in many situations, without losing sight of who is clearly in the wrong.
gpt
The only person responsible for a crime is the criminal.  Assigning blame on the victim, even just a little blame, begins to absolve the criminal of wrongdoing (not legally, but socially), when the criminal could have prevented the crime 100% by not doing it.

If you want to providd advice to reduce your risk of victimization in the future, that's one thing, but saying the victim was at fault accomplishes nothing positive.