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Distant Enablers and Projective Identification: How we enable individuals that we see ourselves in
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Distant Enablers and Projective Identification: How we enable individuals that we see ourselves in

Case Study: Deobra Redden and the Las Vegas Judge Attack

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Adam B. Coleman
Jan 12, 2024
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There is an appetite to become enablers of objectively bad behavior from a distance, especially through social media.

This enabling happens because we see ourselves via identity group in the character we don't know.

This is called "projective identification".

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