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> Even if I wanted to arrest a sitting judge, it would have to be an act of gross malfeasance to motivate me to even consider arrest. This logic projects ratio

> Even if I wanted to arrest a sitting judge, it would have to be an act of gross malfeasance to motivate me to even consider arrest. This logic projects rationality onto an administration that does not merit such assumptions.

mycatisblack 1y ago
Psychological projection is a very apt choice, thank you for that. I’ve read a lot of people referring to “sanewashing” when the media tries to explain the mechanism behind the madness but this captures it much better.
- jldugger 1y ago
  It's a kind of fundamental error we make as humans: we judge the actions of other peoples by the standard of how we would behave, rather than the other person's past conduct or personality. And then we often work backwards from the action we see, guessing at what would have to be true for _us_ to act that way.
- jibal 1y ago
  That's not what sanewashing is. It's when the media hides someone's insanity, often out of a misplaced notion of "balance". This applied especially to their failing to talk about all the crazy stuff Trump said at his rallies, and their constantly reframing of the unhinged things Trump said in much more sane terms. https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/sanewashing https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/sanewashing
  - mycatisblack 1y ago
    You are correct. Let me rephrase my statement: what I see attributed to sanewashing falls in the projection category.
    - jibal 1y ago
      Some of it may be, but I think most of it is whitewashing driven by media corporate policy.
mbrumlow 1y ago
I think it’s more weird that the person being a “sitting judge” is any party of the equation. At the end of the day judges are just people. I would be more worried about a system that proceeded differently because they were a judge.
- GuinansEyebrows 1y ago
  Judges are "just people" that make up the only one of three branches of government that seems interested in maintaining a system of checks and balances.
- crooked-v 1y ago
  A judge who's literally in the middle of an official hearing is absolutely a special case.
  - macinjosh 1y ago
    [flagged]
    - jibal 1y ago
      Nothing in the article even remotely supports your claim ... which isn't even relevant.
  - prepend 1y ago
    I would hope it’s not. I would like for cops to be more humane in arresting people and stop going to place of work to grab people in front of their coworkers. But this seems like just as rude when they go to a “regular” person’s office in the middle of the day and arrest them. The argument is that if they notify the accused beforehand they may flee. But I don’t buy this as many people will likely turn themselves in if notified. I’m guessing an ai could predict with 99% accuracy people who will self surrender and save everyone embarrassment (and money).
    - jibal 1y ago

mycatisblack 1y ago

Psychological projection is a very apt choice, thank you for that. I’ve read a lot of people referring to “sanewashing” when the media tries to explain the mechanism behind the madness but this captures it much better.

jldugger 1y ago
It's a kind of fundamental error we make as humans: we judge the actions of other peoples by the standard of how we would behave, rather than the other person's past conduct or personality. And then we often work backwards from the action we see, guessing at what would have to be true for _us_ to act that way.
jibal 1y ago
That's not what sanewashing is. It's when the media hides someone's insanity, often out of a misplaced notion of "balance". This applied especially to their failing to talk about all the crazy stuff Trump said at his rallies, and their constantly reframing of the unhinged things Trump said in much more sane terms. https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/sanewashing https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/sanewashing
- mycatisblack 1y ago
  You are correct. Let me rephrase my statement: what I see attributed to sanewashing falls in the projection category.
  - jibal 1y ago
    Some of it may be, but I think most of it is whitewashing driven by media corporate policy.

mbrumlow 1y ago

I think it’s more weird that the person being a “sitting judge” is any party of the equation. At the end of the day judges are just people. I would be more worried about a system that proceeded differently because they were a judge.

GuinansEyebrows 1y ago
Judges are "just people" that make up the only one of three branches of government that seems interested in maintaining a system of checks and balances.
crooked-v 1y ago
A judge who's literally in the middle of an official hearing is absolutely a special case.
- macinjosh 1y ago
  [flagged]
  - jibal 1y ago
    Nothing in the article even remotely supports your claim ... which isn't even relevant.
- prepend 1y ago
  I would hope it’s not. I would like for cops to be more humane in arresting people and stop going to place of work to grab people in front of their coworkers. But this seems like just as rude when they go to a “regular” person’s office in the middle of the day and arrest them. The argument is that if they notify the accused beforehand they may flee. But I don’t buy this as many people will likely turn themselves in if notified. I’m guessing an ai could predict with 99% accuracy people who will self surrender and save everyone embarrassment (and money).
  - jibal 1y ago