Thank you! I wish I could take the credit, but saw it on a sticker somehwere.

Gotta love using ICAO to get a point across.

What did that southern debutant do now?

Congrats on the 4 years of sobriety, BTW.

Understanding Accusations in a Mirror is crucial. It's not some fringe theory-it's a red flag of authoritarianism. We've seen this tactic before. We know where it leads.

The question is, what do we do to stop it?

It's not just projection-it's strategy. By accusing others of their own abuses, they deflect, confuse, and rally their base with a false sense of persecution. It's classic "mirror" propaganda. And it's dangerous.

Today, we're seeing this again-blatantly-from Mango Mussolini and his allies. They accuse people of things they themselves are openly perpetrating. He accused Biden of doing it, and is now openly doing it himself.

"Accusations in a Mirror" has appeared across history: Nazi Germany, Rwanda, the Yugoslav Wars. Always the same script: claim your enemies are guilty of the atrocities you intend to commit. Sow fear. Justify repression or violence.

The goal: create moral justification for violence. If "they're going to kill us," then "we have to kill them first." It flips the narrative, paints the aggressor as the victim, and the real victims as a threat. And it works terrifyingly well.

Understanding Accusations in a Mirror is crucial. It’s not some fringe theory—it’s a red flag of authoritarianism. We’ve seen this tactic before. We know where it leads. Naming it is the first step in breaking the spell.