After ICE raided a downtown Charlottesville courthouse and arrested two men, the federal agency is promising to prosecute the bystanders who challenged their authority.
“Accusation in a mirror is a false claim that accuses the target of something that the perpetrator is doing or intends to do.[3][4] The name was used by an anonymous Rwandan propagandist in Note Relative à la Propagande d’Expansion et de Recrutement. Drawing on the ideas of Joseph Goebbels, he instructed colleagues to “impute to enemies exactly what they and their own party are planning to do”.[4][8][9] By invoking collective self-defense, propaganda is used to justify genocide, just as self-defense is a defense for individual homicide.[4] Susan Benesch remarked that while dehumanization “makes genocide seem acceptable”, accusation in a mirror makes it seem necessary.[5]”
They pre-emptively go on TV and loudly blame democrats for [X] before it becomes a major story
When it comes to light that [X] is in fact happening the public is already primed to blame their opponents for it
It’s the sort of thing a 5 year old might do to try and blame the cat for a broken cookie jar, it’s baby’s first con, it’s stupendously obvious what’s going on, but, here we are.
How do you use projection as a way to manipulate? Sure, you can lie to people, and they won’t know you are projecting, but that is called lying.
So, how does one use projection as a manipulation tool?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accusation_in_a_mirror
“Accusation in a mirror is a false claim that accuses the target of something that the perpetrator is doing or intends to do.[3][4] The name was used by an anonymous Rwandan propagandist in Note Relative à la Propagande d’Expansion et de Recrutement. Drawing on the ideas of Joseph Goebbels, he instructed colleagues to “impute to enemies exactly what they and their own party are planning to do”.[4][8][9] By invoking collective self-defense, propaganda is used to justify genocide, just as self-defense is a defense for individual homicide.[4] Susan Benesch remarked that while dehumanization “makes genocide seem acceptable”, accusation in a mirror makes it seem necessary.[5]”
Conservatives are doing [X]
They pre-emptively go on TV and loudly blame democrats for [X] before it becomes a major story
When it comes to light that [X] is in fact happening the public is already primed to blame their opponents for it
It’s the sort of thing a 5 year old might do to try and blame the cat for a broken cookie jar, it’s baby’s first con, it’s stupendously obvious what’s going on, but, here we are.
Fine, call it lying then.
It’s a specific type of lying. Calling a thing by its name is fundamental to generating broad understanding.