<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Chateau Heartiste]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://heartiste.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[CH]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://heartiste.wordpress.com/author/roissy/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Comment Of The Week: The Unwavering Self-Amnesty Of Leftoid&nbsp;Projection]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Major1 wins COTW for clearly stating in colorful dialogue the unbending reality of leftoid psychological projection,</p>
<blockquote><p>This entire post [leftoid envy post] can be condensed into a single, eternal truism.</p>
<p>Whatever a liberal/progressive says, they mean the opposite. Period.</p>
<p>There are only fifty-eight bazillion examples.</p>
<p>&#8220;Trump colluded with Russians&#8221;<br />
Translation: &#8220;Hilary colluded with Russians&#8221;.</p>
<p>&#8220;The alt-right are fascists&#8221;.<br />
Translation: &#8220;We are fascists&#8221;.</p>
<p>&#8220;Trump isn&#8217;t mentally healthy enough to be President&#8221;.<br />
Translation: &#8220;Hilary&#8217;s seizure disorder, Parkinson&#8217;s disease, alcoholism, and inability to competently handle classified material makes her unfit for the Presidency&#8221;.</p>
<p>&#8220;Trump is a vulgar pussy-grabber&#8221;.<br />
Translation: &#8221; Al Franken, Harvey Weinstein,and Bill Clinton are vulgar pussy grabbers&#8221;.</p>
<p>And&#8230;.ad infinitum.</p>
<p>We can pity our liberal friends, neighbors, and co-workers. That level of prevarication and cognitive dissonance must take a terrible psychological toll.</p>
<p>But just because we pity them doesn&#8217;t mean we can&#8217;t crush them, mercilessly, under our boots.</p></blockquote>
<p>Freud really nailed it when he identified &#8220;psychological projection&#8221; as a real cognitive bias. (He wasn&#8217;t right about much else.) The affliction bedevils leftoids far more frequenlty and with greater intensity than it does conservatives. Why? Theory: leftoid will to power is based on phony moralizing, so they need a devious rhetorical trick to convince themselves and their enemies that they act with virtuous intentions. Believing one&#8217;s lies helps with that.</p>
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