“I Know You Are But What Am I?” 0
Although she’s talking about individuals in personal relationships, I think that Stephanie A. Sarkis’s piece about how toxic people use projection as a defense mechanism applies to how toxic public figures do so in dis coarse discourse. Here’s one of the tactics she lists:
Toxic people excel at deflecting blame. Instead of taking responsibility for their actions, they project their faults onto others, making them the scapegoats for the toxic person’s mistakes.
Follow the link for the others.
