I guess it would depend on your point of view.
Some people would see them as innocent. I see them as deserving comeuppance, that unfortunately they will probably never receive - which makes me madder.
For context:
I wrote this after reading some political threads on another forum. I was getting really angry at one person's posts in particular. He would say he wanted "freedom" and a system where some people wouldn't be able to be successful, in one post. Then he would turn around and complain that everything is expensive, in another.
Stuff like this is pushing me into becoming more and more of a "dirtbag leftist".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirtbag_left
I find myself feeling no sympathy or empathy for conservatives who are struggling with the system of competition/might makes right/genetics. Sometimes I'm glad that the thing they said they wanted, is causing them to suffer. Good for 'em. It's mean, I know it, and I don't care anymore. When it comes to them, I find myself not caring about or wanting to be the bigger person, to take the high road. I don't want to give them understanding, mercy, or compassion. And that's what's unsettling about it. I can see in real time that it's making me as sociopathic and hateful as they are, just right back at them.
In the end, I said nothing. I feel like political threads are something that I can't do in moderation, because of this anger that builds up. I'm either all-in, or all-out. And I realized that it would be better for my productivity and mental health, to be all-out. There have been many times where I've ignored things I have to do, and also just replying to messages, because I chose to fight with people or rant instead. I realized that I was repeating a pattern of behavior that I already knew was a mistake, and I didn't want to fall back into this habit, so I disengaged from the threads completely.
I have, in some ways, been angry about this my entire life - I just didn't know what it was before. I didn't have the words, but I had the same feeling, and I found myself in similar problems and situations.
I get angry at the system and the people that I feel make it this way, instead of dealing with my problems or doing anything constructive, because I believe it is impossible for me, so I use them as a punching bag for my feelings of anger, frustration, humiliation, powerlessness, and despair.
I have to try to quit politics. It's addictive, and a bad habit.