I have respect for women, I am the most respectful = I disrespect women, I disrespect them times infinity
She has a terrible temperament, terrible = I have a terrible temperament, terrible
He’s a rapist = I am a rapist
She’s got hate in her heart = I have hate in my heart, so much hate
They’re criminals, rapists = I’m a criminal, rapist
She’s cheating = I’m cheating
She evading taxes = I’m evading taxes
I really hate to do this = I really love to do this
No, I never did those things = Yes, I did/do all those things
You have bad judgement = I have bad judgement
Go view her sex tape = Go view my sex tape
She’s a terrible person, the worst = I’m a terrible person, the worst
That makes me smart = that makes me a dickhead
I don’t know Putin = I know Putin
I don’t know anything about David Duke = I know everything about David Duke
I’m rubber, you’re glue, whatever you say bounces off me and sticks on you = You’re stupid, I’m great, whatever you say is stupid and I’m great
Psychological Projection (from Wikipedia)
Psychological projection is a theory in psychology in which humans defend themselves against their own unconscious impulses or qualities (both positive and negative) by denying their existence in themselves while attributing them to others.[1] For example, a person who is habitually rude may constantly accuse other people of being rude. It incorporates blame shifting.
According to some research, the projection of one's unconscious qualities onto others is a common process in everyday life.[2]
Some practical examples:
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Victim blaming: The victim of someone else's accident or bad luck may be offered criticism, the theory being that the victim may be at fault for having attracted the other person's hostility.[23]
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Projection of marital guilt: Thoughts of infidelity to a partner may be unconsciously projected in self-defence on to the partner in question, so that the guilt attached to the thoughts can be repudiated or turned to blame instead, in a process linked to denial.[24]
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Bullying: A bully may project his/her own feelings of vulnerability onto the target(s) of the bullying activity. Despite the fact that a bully's typically denigrating activities are aimed at the bully's targets, the true source of such negativity is ultimately almost always found in the bully's own sense of personal insecurity and/or vulnerability.[25] Such aggressive projections of displaced negative emotions can occur anywhere from the micro-level ofinterpersonal relationships, all the way up through to the macro-level of international politics, or even international armed conflict.[20]
Projection may help a fragile ego reduce anxiety, but at the cost of a certain dissociation, as in dissociative identity disorder.[32] In extreme cases, an individual's personality may end up becoming critically depleted.[33] In such cases, therapy may be required which would include the slow rebuilding of the personality through the "taking back" of such projections.[34]
...Newman, Duff, and Baumeister (1997) proposed a new model of defensive projection. In this view, people try to suppress thoughts of their undesirable traits, and these efforts make those trait categories highly accessible—so that they are then used all the more often when forming impressions of others. The projection is then only a by-product of the real defensive mechanism.[36]
