There are also sociological theories that in this day and age, people are increasingly more likely to be vocal about stuff in a way that puts them as the disadvantaged party in any kind of situation, so e.g. people being a 'victim' of SO/SE...
And that goes both ways. Both sides want to be a victim, a long time member that did a lot of the site, and is now reduced to dealing with new people not understanding 'that's just the way things go' and are offended by 'the way things go' (downvotes, closure).