i.e. a lazy person calling you lazy or someone uneducated about something thinking you’re the uninformed one
Yes, that’s projection.
It’s also called standard American conservative politics.
Every accusation is a confession.
Trumpery
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.
