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""PROJECTION POLITICS" EXPLAINED: (This millennial-old "ego defense mechanism" has been used as a vehicle for propaganda or psychological manipulation by tyrants and autocrats throughout history, such as Hitler, Mussolini, and more recently Donald Trump and the "New Republican party or so-called Freedom Party" ).
Psychological projection is the process of misinterpreting what is "inside" as coming from "outside". It forms the basis of empathy by the projection of personal experiences to understand someone else's subjective world. It can be used either unconsciously, to protect one's own ego, or intentionally, a means of political persuasion, as in today's Republican Party. In its malignant forms, it is a defense mechanism in which the ego defends itself against disowned and highly negative parts of the self by denying their existence in themselves and attributing them to others, breeding misunderstanding and causing untold interpersonal damage. A bully may project their own feelings of vulnerability onto the target, or a person who is confused may project feelings of confusion and inadequacy onto other people. Projection incorporates blame shifting and can manifest as shame dumping. Projection has been described as an early phase of introjection. The Babylonian Talmud (500 AD) notes the human tendency toward projection and warns against it: "Do not taunt your neighbor with the blemish you yourself have." Religious people of the Christian faith believe that in the New Testament, Jesus also warned against projection: "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye."..... We cannot allow ourselves to believe the false accusations attributed to democrats and liberals by those calling themselves "conservatives" and "patriots" in order to influence the unsuspecting and gullible voting public to transform their own democratic system into a government of tyranny by self-serving autocrats and oligarchs.

fishline79 7 Feb 21
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