RE: [Futurework] Minuteman Groups

[Cordell, Arthur: ECOM]

from   http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Psychological_projection -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Cordell, Arthur: ECOM Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 11:00 AM To: Lawrence deBivort; Darryl and Natalia; futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca Subject: RE: [Futurework] Minuteman Groups According to the theories of Sigmund Freud, it is a psychological defense mechanism whereby one "projects" one's own undesirable thoughts, motivations, desires, feelings, and so forth onto someone else (usually another person, but psychological projection onto animals and inanimate objects also occurs). The principle of projection is well-established in psychology. An illustration would be an individual who feels dislike for another person (let's say Bob), but whose unconscious mind will not allow him to become aware of this negative emotion. Instead of admitting to himself that he feels dislike for Bob, he projects his dislike onto Bob, so that the individual's conscious thought is not "I don't like Bob," but "Bob doesn't seem to like me." "the operation of expelling feelings or wishes the individual finds wholly unacceptable ? too shameful, too obscene, too dangerous ? by attributing them to another." -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Lawrence deBivort Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 10:48 AM To: 'Darryl and Natalia'; futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca Subject: RE: [Futurework] Minuteman Groups Hi, Natalia,   People often assert that they hate and denounce most in others those things that they hate in themselves. I have found this phenomenon intriguing for many years, for it provides a short-cut to understanding how a person views themselves, consciously or subconsciously.   People often also accuse others of things they themselves do.    I think the reason for this is that we know ourselves at a deeper level then we know others, so we reflect and project our own sense of ourselves on others.   Yes, it is very revealing.  Thanks for your post.   Cheers, Lawry   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darryl and Natalia Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 12:16 AM To: futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca Subject: [Futurework] Minuteman Groups   All mail scanned by NAV   Ever desperate for an excuse to bear arms, new groups of US citizens have been not only congregating to discuss concerns about illegal immigrants crossing their borders, they are actually taking it upon themselves to patrol the borders. They say they are worried about drugs, and especially about terrorists. They have been guarding the Mexican border for a while now, and as can be expected, have been subject to accusations of racism. Now a group is prepared to do the same at the Washington border to Canada, and have already begun to wander the nearby woodlands looking for those possible twenty or so per annum that might sneak across that way. It's a leisurely past-time, just them and their gun accomplishing very little, but walking off the pent up aggression over their loss of American Way of Life, which once included respect for Americans from Canada, I guess.   Personally, I think they'd be far more effective if they were to patrol the White House or Dubya's ranch for dangerous terrorists, but the collective hive mind cannot permit the possibility that the patriarchal hero of 9/11 has created for them the most dangerous time in America. They fail to grasp that the collective subconscious can only sustain an ego by projecting onto those who disagree with their warring minds the intent of harm.   As was interestingly demonstrated by Prof. McMurtry of Guelph University Philosophy Department, the US tends to accuse other nations of evils that they themselves are currently or are about to unleash upon the accused. Best recent example is, of course, Iraq's alleged intent to use WMD, and the resultant release of same by US forces upon the people of Iraq.   Yesterday, London England was host to 60 countries for the biannual Defense Systems & Equipment International exhibition. A little one-stop shopping to help feed the $trillion plus per annum industry. Included guests were China, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Columbia, Iraq, Israel...all of whom have questionable human rights records. (I believe this is the one Prince Andrew was involved with two years ago.) So here is Britain, sanctioning these events under the guise of counterterrorism and defense technologies for both governments and corporations, and crying horror and amazement over the recent bombings.   Then we received the Ft.Worth Star Telegram report about US 2003 international arms sales, which stated that 20 out of the top 25 of the US best clients were either from undemocratic regimes or from governments with major human rights abuses. We all know the US leads in world arms sales. Can't stop manufacturing WMD. Can't find enough nations to accuse of building them either.   If ever there was a nation so full of guilt, waiting to unload it onto others, it is America. The fear will only escalate if it continues to find profit in war. Deep down, they all know what these weapons do to others. At the moment, America's only saving grace may be Katrina's direct hit to the infrastructure. With it, the illusion of terrorism being the nation's number one concern is exposed as little more than an excuse for profit for a few.   Natalia Kuzmyn

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