Infographic: DARVO (The Abusers’ Strategy)

Deny, attack, reverse victim and offender
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As I’ve noted previously, psychologists have an acronym to describe a very common behavioral strategy used by abusers and bullies, and every day I see examples of this strategy being employed by the Mitt Romney campaign and by the right wing in general. I went looking for an image to illustrate this acronym and didn’t find anything, so I broke out the 200-point Helvetica Bold and made this.

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