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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 mech
by 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 agoIt'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 agoThat'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 agoYou are correct. Let me rephrase my statement: what I see attributed to sanewashing falls in the projection category.
- jibal 1y agoSome of it may be, but I think most of it is whitewashing driven by media corporate policy.