Projection and deflection are tactics used by someone trying to hide their intentions and/or actions from an audience of one or many. In the case of projection they project onto someone or something a quality, characteristic, or behavior which they themselves, consciously or unconsciously, believe to be true of themselves but which th…
Projection and deflection are tactics used by someone trying to hide their intentions and/or actions from an audience of one or many. In the case of projection they project onto someone or something a quality, characteristic, or behavior which they themselves, consciously or unconsciously, believe to be true of themselves but which they fear disclosing or revealing. All of Donald Trump's claims about election fraud and stolen elections before and after the election were projections. Nearly all evidence of attempts to steal the election point to Trump and his minions.
Deflection, a form of distraction, is what allows magicians to perform their "magic". Focus on this over here while I do the "magic" over their. Claims of widespread fraud used to rationalize the need for restricting voting to those deemed most likely to commit such fraud, while the real intent is to maintain minority rule in the absence of any policies to address the true needs of the country, is deflection in action. In addition, blaming the "Other" as the source of your problems, in order to keep the "e pluribus" from becoming a true "unum" is, perhaps, the most insidious deflection of all.
A poem which captures the essence of Thom's reference to Pastor Niemoller, is "The Hangman" by
Projection and deflection are tactics used by someone trying to hide their intentions and/or actions from an audience of one or many. In the case of projection they project onto someone or something a quality, characteristic, or behavior which they themselves, consciously or unconsciously, believe to be true of themselves but which they fear disclosing or revealing. All of Donald Trump's claims about election fraud and stolen elections before and after the election were projections. Nearly all evidence of attempts to steal the election point to Trump and his minions.
Deflection, a form of distraction, is what allows magicians to perform their "magic". Focus on this over here while I do the "magic" over their. Claims of widespread fraud used to rationalize the need for restricting voting to those deemed most likely to commit such fraud, while the real intent is to maintain minority rule in the absence of any policies to address the true needs of the country, is deflection in action. In addition, blaming the "Other" as the source of your problems, in order to keep the "e pluribus" from becoming a true "unum" is, perhaps, the most insidious deflection of all.
A poem which captures the essence of Thom's reference to Pastor Niemoller, is "The Hangman" by
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The hangman: https://schoolwires.henry.k12.ga.us/cms/lib08/GA01000549/Centricity/Domain/8286/The%20Hangman_Full%20Text%20and%20TPCASTT.pdf