The only quibble I have with this is that, as the article points out, projection is generally a subconscious things people do. I firmly believe Trump knows exactly what he's doing and he accuses others first so if they accuse him it looks like "no, you are!" It's just one strategy in his con man book.
Because everyone in the GOP in so mentally and ethically bankrupt that all they can muster is constant projection of their own worst ideas and instincts out into the world.
"If I think I should do this awful shit, I guarantee they're going to do it as well." - GOP rank and file
ethically
I dunno, I kind of like ethicically. Once you start saying it, it has a nice ring to it.
Sounds like a MichaelScott-ism. Very titittilating, no doubt.
Cromomulant, even.
What do you call cromulent's mom?
...now say it like Snake from Simpsons 🤌
Was typing fast. Fixed.
It’s crab-bucket public relations.
If you drag everyone down to your level, everyone looks bad, or at least you don’t look as bad by comparison and the voting public loses confidence in the system in general, which tends to benefit fascists.
Because everyone thinks of themselves as normal, so if they do it, then everybody must do it?
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