And Lenin said, “That which you do, accuse others of doing.”
Why does this work?
1. It shifts attention from you to your opponents.
2. It brings the questionable/objectionable act out into the open for discussion, which desensitizes people to it.
3. By the time it comes back to the original perpetrator (the leftist), people are used to it and the perpetrator can now claim, “Everyone does it. Remember when so-and-so did it?”
4. Later, when the other side (patriots) accurately and rightfully condemn the leftist of the questionable/ objectionable act, they sound like they are playing the “so are you” game and their accusations lose the power of the original projection.
This is very dangerous. Because when dialog breaks down, violence breaks out. And there's nothing the Commie-in-Chief would love more than for Patriots to get so frustrated, they start getting physical. That would enable him to employ the full fascist tactics that he so admires in other dictators.
Good post.
Why does this work?
1. It shifts attention from you to your opponents. 2. It brings the questionable/objectionable act out into the open for discussion, which desensitizes people to it. 3. By the time it comes back to the original perpetrator (the leftist), people are used to it and the perpetrator can now claim, “Everyone does it. Remember when so-and-so did it?” 4. Later, when the other side (patriots) accurately and rightfully condemn the leftist of the questionable/ objectionable act, they sound like they are playing the “so are you” game and their accusations lose the power of the original projection.
Insightful and important reply. Thanks.
That’s what they call projection.
And Lenin said, “That which you do, accuse others of doing.”
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That is absolutely what they have been doing for months and months, spewing lies upon lies, deceptions upon deceptions, cloaking their true, evil intentions.
The Leftists do not appreciate what the land of he free and the home of the brave actually encompasses, and that is where they miss the boat- a boat they should take to a third world country if they want to live in a banana republic dictatorship.
They are nefarious and dangerous, and this is a high stakes conflict.