By skyforbes 
An analysis of the “groomer” panic, the psychology of scapegoating, and the staggering hypocrisy of those leading the charge.
Author’s note: This article is summarizes my research paper: The Projectionists’ Playbook: How the Right’s War on Trans Women Reveals Its Own Sins. All references can be found in the original article.
The Projectionist’s Playbook: A Summary
Have you ever noticed that the people who shout the loudest about a specific “sin” are often the ones most guilty of it? This is a classic psychological defense mechanism called projection. It’s the unconscious act of taking your own unacceptable feelings, flaws, or “sins” and attributing them to someone else.
My research argues that the entire modern political war on transgender people — specifically the obsessive, hateful accusation that trans people are “groomers” — is a massive, coordinated act of psychological projection.
This campaign isn’t a random grassroots movement. It’s a cold, calculated playbook. And by examining it, we don’t learn anything about trans people, but we learn everything about the accusers.
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