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The Unmitigated Gall

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21. It's a great tool for manipulating

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Tue Nov 22, 2022, 09:52 AM

Nov 2022

Their weak-minded voters.

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Why do conservatives always accuse their opponents of exactly what they themselves are doing? [View all] mwb970 Nov 2022 OP

I've always believed too that KarenS Nov 2022 #1

I fear the 2nd Amendment could literally become a tool for a dictator Ohioboy Nov 2022 #33

Add to that "Getting government off your back" JHB Nov 2022 #2

Several DSM disorders include viewing others doing the same things they themselves would do. TheBlackAdder Nov 2022 #35

Normalization... LakeVermilion Nov 2022 #3

Bingo! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Nov 2022 #6

I agree. They are trying to confuse and discourage potential Dem voters. spooky3 Nov 2022 #8

Also deflection. If they keep saying WE are doing those things... JHB Nov 2022 #16

We got a brand new outdoor security light on Saturday at our Backseat Driver Nov 2022 #31

They learned it from the Ruzzians...nt mitch96 Nov 2022 #32

They were doing this even back when they were accusing us of "getting marching orders... JHB Nov 2022 #50

And projection. SOMEONE'S doing bad stuff. Can't be them. Hortensis Nov 2022 #26

Trump is best at it. twodogsbarking Nov 2022 #4

Projection malaise Nov 2022 #5

It pretty much works for them. That's why. mucifer Nov 2022 #7

Why do they do it? Deflection. wnylib Nov 2022 #9

Democrats need to up their media game Historic NY Nov 2022 #10

It's as if we don't believe in marketing. CrispyQ Nov 2022 #42

"let the right frame" orthoclad Nov 2022 #49

They did do that Genki Hikari Nov 2022 #52

They aren't conservatives but NAZIs YorkRd Nov 2022 #11

Every accusation is a confession. Typical of sociopaths. Irish_Dem Nov 2022 #12

"stochastic sociopathy" orthoclad Nov 2022 #37

The GOP and Putin are waging a psy-ops war against the US. Irish_Dem Nov 2022 #43

"stochastic terror" orthoclad Nov 2022 #48

It is a deliberate manipulation of people using powerful social/psychology tools. Irish_Dem Nov 2022 #53

Sigmund Freud's nephew orthoclad Nov 2022 #64

Gerrymandering is democracy's kryptonite. jaxexpat Nov 2022 #13

That's what narcissists do. milestogo Nov 2022 #14

If it were not so common, there would not be a word for it. Ferrets are Cool Nov 2022 #15

You forgot one very current right wing rant. The Jungle 1 Nov 2022 #17

How can you accuse us of that which we've accused you? d_b Nov 2022 #18

seriously? it's the old "I'm rubber, you're glue!..." children's canard writ large - pure BS bringthePaine Nov 2022 #19

They actually believe everyone is like them deep down inside. rickford66 Nov 2022 #20

It's a great tool for manipulating The Unmitigated Gall Nov 2022 #21

Psychopaths and sociopaths project to Chalco Nov 2022 #22

Republicans like to whip up hysteria and chaos to feel like they're in control dlk Nov 2022 #23

"Why do conservatives always..." Because it is the cheapest and easiest way to avoid dealing with Martin68 Nov 2022 #24

Right out of the The Wizard Nov 2022 #25

Yes orthoclad Nov 2022 #39

Well, Mr. Dunham, you are trying to stop them, so we do have that bucolic_frolic Nov 2022 #27

it's called CYA azureblue Nov 2022 #28

I agree musclecar6 Nov 2022 #40

In psychology, it's called projection. Texin Nov 2022 #29

"projection" plays a part, orthoclad Nov 2022 #41

Here's a simple answer musclecar6 Nov 2022 #30

Maybe they're all narcissists Joinfortmill Nov 2022 #34

Everyone generally thinks that everyone else thinks more or less like they do. Hieronymus Phact Nov 2022 #36

Everything a repug accuses you of, they are already doing. It's called projection. overleft Nov 2022 #38

Because Cherokee100 Nov 2022 #44

I call this the 'projection connection'. It leads to 'conflation station.' PatrickforB Nov 2022 #45

I look at it like they need proof that things are really bad. bluestarone Nov 2022 #46

The strategy of emotional abusers: DARVO crickets Nov 2022 #47

"A scorpion wants to cross a river but cannot swim, Just A Box Of Rain Nov 2022 #51

Karl Rove seemed to have used this tactic consistently. JustABozoOnThisBus Nov 2022 #54

Karl Rove taught them this trick. Voltaire2 Nov 2022 #55

Because that's all they know. patphil Nov 2022 #56

they have done that my whole life prodigitalson Nov 2022 #57

Is simple dcmfox Nov 2022 #58

Just 5 more words, "That is who they are" Stuart G Nov 2022 #59

Cruelty. For. Kindness. czarjak Nov 2022 #60

I've been screaming about this for all my life. Arthur_Frain Nov 2022 #61

The GOP has accused the Dems of vote flipping so many times Alwaysna Nov 2022 #62

Boy, do I like this essay! calimary Nov 2022 #63