Question

Which groups of people are singled out as special targets for swifts' attack? are the irish presented completely as victims, or are they also to blame?

Answer 1

The groups of people which were singled out as special targets for Swift’s attack are the Papists, Protestants, English people.

He also puts into blame the Irish for being complacent or lazy and guilty of consuming its own self and its resources. But the Irish are also considered to be victims because the English have taken everything from them.