Denial is a well known psychological defense mechanism. It occurs when people seem unable to face reality or admit to an obvious truth. ---In [email protected], <[email protected]> wrote :
... to see if I could trick you out of your hiding place. And what I wrote to Buck was 100% honest and true. Yes, I employed sarcasm and satire, yes I was provocative. But I didn't think there were people so stupid not to recognize it. There were people so offended that they quit the group. It was very stupid of you to post a direct provocation like that to Judy, for no apparent reason. The whole schism got started when someone got offended and called the police. The question is, if someone had to call in the law, why didn't the FFL moderators ban the offenders from the group? Go figure.
