I just had to say it. I know Beck would disagree and say it is the President of this dis-United States, who is biracial and was raised by his white mother and white grandparents all of whom he adored and adored him, hates white people while he’s free of any trace of racism. Of course if that were the case, Obama would have to hate 50% of himself—he would be self-loathing, he would be a psychological basket case, and I see no evidence of either.

Beck Suffers from Psychological Projection

But I’m convinced it is actually the other way around—it is Beck that hates brown people—or, all people of color. Of course, Beck would deny this because he suffers from a serious case of “psychological projection,” the term psychologists use to describe projecting one’s negative traits onto others. The reason human beings project is to attribute the dark parts of themselves to others so they can hide from their own demons—textbook Psychology 101.

One example of projectionist behavior is blaming others for one’s own failures. This is simply the “blame game” or “the best defense is a good offense.” Beck, O’Reilly, Palin, Limbaugh, Hannity, and the Right Wing politicians are all masters of the blame game. They blame all of our country’s problems on others—Obama, The Left, Liberals, Intellectuals, Gays, Californians, Democrats, Progressives, Illegal Aliens (code for Latino’s), Feminists, Gun Control Advocates, Those who Oppose Torture, Muslims, and latte drinkers, to name a few…I’ll simply run out space if I don’t quit soon. Not one bit of blame goes to themselves and the choices they made to put lunatics in charge of the country—such as, Bush, Cheney, and all the white guys who brought us to war by lying and then milked the country dry for the eight years.

Beck, like his posse, Limbaugh, O’Rielly, Hannity, Coulter, Palin, and the Republicans in the House and Senate (perhaps with a couple of exceptions), are masters of projection. They attempt to convince themselves and others they are all the good things they aren’t, such as, loving Christians. While desperately trying to prove by outward bravado they are part of a morally superior group, they use hate filled rhetoric and propaganda to kill actual reform that could help the poor and suffering.

Joe Wilson—Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire!

How could there be a better example of projection than Joe Wilson screaming, “Liar!” at the President when it is a fact he was the one who was lying? The health care proposal the President was advocating made it clear illegal aliens would not be eligible for health care in the proposal. When Obama stated this, Wilson called him the liar! These Masters of Projection understand they can say absolutely anything and their followers will follow. This is frighteningly reminiscent of the political climate of the 30’s when a certain European chancellor tried to conquer the world.

Remember the Dixie Chicks – How Truth Became Treason

Beck and crew now scream “fiscal responsibility and “small government!” Remember how they pushed going to war after 9/11 because they were sure Sadham had weapons of mass destruction? Remember how they predicted the war would pay for itself when evil liberals predicted the terrible cost in lives and resources. Remember how they labeled the opposition, un-American and soft on terror when those who disagreed practiced their right to dissent?

Remember the Dixie Chicks? Of course, now the Right is all for “tea parties” and rallies and freedom of speech as long as they are doing the name-calling and rallying their crowds to go for the kill. It’s fine for them to call the President a racist and a Nazi, to foster and encourage the lie he’s un-American, but for the Dixie Chicks to have protested Bush and his war? That was treason. According to a Congressional Research Service study completed last year, the Iraq war had already cost taxpayers about $694 billion, and by comparison the Vietnam War cost $686 billion in inflation adjusted. That is not small government.

Beck Only Wants Rich White People to have Health Care

We know the conservatives do not want illegal aliens to be eligible to participate in a health care plan. They feel that would be un-American. But, this is where things get confusing. The right has a solid base of working class poor and middle class, many of whom cannot afford health care and have been screwed by the insurance industry. Yet the same people who are being victimized by Republicans and insurance companies are their biggest supporters. They are the same people carrying signs saying, “Keep the government away from my Medicare!” And of course, the President and other socialist pigs who want them to have access to the affordable health care they need are Nazis. So, when a newly elected Democratic President (who happens to be black), wants to reform a broken health care system—the most expensive in the world, that is going to cost double within eight years—Beck and the other good old boys and girls are suddenly concerned about fiscal responsibility and too much government control. God forbid our government should actually provide a public option or an alternative to getting screwed by insurance companies! That would be un-American. To the so-called conservatives, small government means letting corporations and insurance companies run wild and pull the plug on granny whenever it becomes profitable for them to do so.

Pulling the Plug on Granny – More Psychological Projection

The right’s claims that Obama wants to pull the plug on granny and create death panels that deny health care to the elderly is more projection. Insurance companies backed by the right already pull the plug on granny and millions of others every day by the high cost of insurance and high deductibles—if we aren’t affected by this nightmare, we know people who are.

The Best Defense is a Good Offense

If conservatives were not on the attack, if they jumped on board and admitted: the Administration is absolutely spot on and it’s time we joined the rest of the Western democracies and provide health care for our people; it’s high time we do the right thing; insurance companies are parasitic blood suckers, they themselves would be vulnerable to accountability. People would ask, “Why didn’t you fight for a public option a long time ago? Why was health care never an issue when you were in the majority?” It would be like admitting they’d messed up, and of course, projection is all about blaming others for your mistakes to avoid taking responsibility or admitting to yourself you were wrong. The right never admits their mistakes.

Back to Beck Hating Brown People…

If Beck did not hate brown people, why would he have said Obama hates white people? I mean what evidence does he have to support such a statement? Because Obama has not shown any actual signs of hating white people, or 50% of himself, we have to assume this is Psychological projection. Psychologists say projection reduces anxiety “by allowing the expression of the unwanted unconscious impulses or desires without letting the conscious mind recognize them.” In short, Beck doesn’t want to admit to himself he’s a racist. He wants to believe he’s the good guy, the guy on the right side of things, the morally superior—he is after all, a Christian. He is a real American, a really white American. So, he projects his own fear and deep seated hatred of those who do not share his ethnicity onto a black Democratic president who is smarter, more educated, more popular, and more powerful than he is.

Here is a definition of Psychological projection taken directly from Wikipedia:

Psychological projection (or projection bias) is the unconscious act of denial of a person's own attributes, thoughts, and/or emotions, which are ascribed to the outside world, like the weather, the government, a tool or another person or people. Projection is the most profound and subtle of our psychological processes, and extremely difficult to work with, because by its nature, it is hidden. It is the fundamental mechanism by which we keep our selves uninformed about ourselves. Humor has great value in any attempt to work with projection, because humor presents a forgiving posture and thereby removes the threatening nature of any enquiry into the truth.

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