To many on the left, nothing is more valuable than victim status. Nothing.
Hmmm. Maybe we should victimize them.
Very tempting, but they aren't masochists. They don't actually want to go through the icky unpleasantness of being victims. They just want that delicious victim status, which to them amounts to secular redemption. So, they lie a lot.
Example: Poor Oprah, the VICTIM of RACISM because the store clerk wouldn't sell her the $38,000 handbag.