Projection & Lack of Reflection
you're doing everything I dream to do, and I hate it!
Opinion • February 2013 • Views: 925
Eight, sir; seven, sir;
Six, sir; five, sir;
Four, sir; three, sir;
Two, sir; one!
Tenser, said the Tensor.
Tenser, said the Tensor.
Tension, apprehension,
And dissension have begun.
— The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester
It seems to me that most of the crazy nutjobs of the right are suffering from a combination of psychological projection and a fundamental lack of self-reflection.
Any attempts to point this out to them are first met with an equivalent to the thought-blocking jingle quoted above, then secondly with DARVO.
They are sick people, letting their id entirely run their show.
Does anyone have hints on how to reach through this fog of confusion, and possibly grasp the hand of those we care about who are lost in it?