i.e. a lazy person calling you lazy or someone uneducated about something thinking you’re the uninformed one
It’s also called standard American conservative politics.
Every accusation is a confession.
It takes one to know one.
The pot calling the kettle black.
I call it Maganomics
Dunning-Kruger adjacent projection
Trumpery
I think “projection” works. I thought of “external attribution” as well when I read this question.
Projection, or machiavellianism.
Yes that is projection, which is a form of hypocrisy.
LeftistTankieHemoGlyphemia
Yes, that’s projection.
It’s you who’s projecting here, not me.
Edit: preemptive “no you”lol
To be understood, I’d probably just say projection, but if you need to emphasize a specific aspect of the behavior, we could break it down as:
- an existing insecurity or shame that
- prompts momentary social anxiety
- evidenced by a defensive impulse
- to preemptively introject
Explanation: introjection refers to a mirroring behavior, the kind often seen in children. In this case, the accuser anticipates an accusation from you which threatens or hurts them. To defend themselves, they hurl the accusation right back at you. But of course the first accusation only happened in their head, so all we witness is someone wildly accusing someone else of having their own flaw without any justification.
It really is childish behavior which is why it’s such an annoying situation. Literally dealing with a delusional toddler defending yourself against things that never happened.
