Originally Posted by Ninety5rpm

Blaming a r@pe victim for dressing inappropriately is the quintessential example of "blaming the victim". It's not extreme.

"One example of a sexist allegation against female victims of sexual assault is that wearing provocative clothing stimulates sexual aggression in men who believe that women wearing body-revealing clothes are actively trying to seduce a sexual partner. Such accusations against victims stem from the assumption that sexually revealing clothing conveys consent for sexual actions, irrespective of willful verbal consent. "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victim_blaming

Labeling discussion about how the victim's behavior contributed to the tragedy as "blaming the victim" is not making the point that the truck driver has at least partial responsibility for what happened, which I don't see anyone here denying. Certainly not me. It's going far beyond that. It's suggesting the cyclist's behavior did not contribute at all to the collision, and we shouldn't even talk about it (much less learn from it).

Perhaps you didn't realize it, but you're effectively saying that suggesting riding alongside trucks increases likelihood of right hooks is victim blaming like suggesting that wearing provocative clothing increases likelihood of r@pe.

Very different.