No, don't twist my words: I'm against the culture of pushing the burden of defending oneself onto the victim. Because it's literally victim blaming.

I'm also against punishing the victim in case they defend themselves, because it's also victim blaming.

This is nothing new. Most legal systems treat adults crime victims with a similar principle.

Then why did you respond the way you did? I never blamed victims. My post was that zero tolerance policies prevent a victim from defending themself. You said that victims cannot stop the bullying and that the school needs policies to do so, but without the police.