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> There's a serious problem with conservatives demonizing and even dehumanizing those who don't follow their ideology This is the best example of Psychological
by j4kp07 9y ago
> There's a serious problem with conservatives demonizing and even dehumanizing those who don't follow their ideology
This is the best example of Psychological Projection that I have seen all week.
- forapurpose 9y agoA fair point; I should have written that more carefully. But if Amy says, "Bob is a hypocrite and you can't trust anything he says", and Bob responds, "Amy is demonizing me" - Amy and Bob are not equally guilty of demonization. Perhaps I should have written: There's a serious problem that large numbers of conservative leaders and elite engage in demonization and dehumanization of others, to the point where it has become normalized, acceptable political discourse for them.