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To: vladog
But their certitude consigns them to what psychoanalyst Erik Erikson called the state of psychic foreclosure. Foreclosed persons are easily attracted to the beguilingly simple, one-size-fits-all belief systems of powerful others that they adopt as their own so as to avoid the sometimes lonely rigors of personal searching. The foreclosed are the ready disciples of demagogues in every age.

I believe this is called projecting.

59 posted on 11/15/2003 2:54:52 PM PST by Toddsterpatriot
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To: Toddsterpatriot
Amen. You can fit a leftist's entire political philosophy on your average bumper sticker.
62 posted on 11/15/2003 3:02:36 PM PST by WinOne4TheGipper (Progressives- people who seek the right to child sacrifice (to the god of self- convenience).)
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To: Toddsterpatriot
I believe this is called projecting.

Big time.

Meet a Gore supporter who chanted, "Count All The Votes" and explain to them that Gore didn't want to count ALL the votes, just five heavily Democrat counties out of sixty seven and your Gore supporter will mindlessly chant "Count All The Votes".

Similarly, to this day, their mantra is "Gore Got More" reflecting the naltional popular vote. Now that's a real joke on two counts. First, Gore got more, but it's so small a delta as to be no big deal. The country pretty much went half and half. Second, the rule is Electoral College. You don't see Mets fans bitching that they were robbed because they had more runs than the Yankees in Game Seven that year.

71 posted on 11/15/2003 3:17:54 PM PST by Doctor Raoul
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