Why The Left Always Projects--Victor Davis Hanson

Why The Left Always Projects  By Victor Davis Hanson

• "The slurs and smears levelled by the elites are all the more toxic because they have always known these sins firsthand as their own."

"The Left is addicted to projection—the psycho-political syndrome of attributing all of one’s own sins to one’s opponents...

• The Privileged Damn Privilege

Take for example, the worn-out charge of “privilege,” as in the phrase “check your privilege.” 

This trope originates exclusively from the Left. 

Purportedly, it signifies a rigged system in which white males have gained, unfairly and undeservedly, “privilege” to exercise cultural, economic, political, and social control over the “other”—occasionally defined as women, more often “people of color,” and most frequently African Americans.
How odd, given that by any indicator the political Left is the party of wealth and privilege.

• The wealthiest ZIP codes are found in blue states such as California, Illinois, Massachusetts, and New York. Twenty-six of the 27 wealthiest congressional districts, gauged by per capita incomes, are represented by liberal Democrats.
• Registered Democrats on average have higher incomes than their Republican counterparts. 
• Democratic presidential candidates have vastly outspent Republicans over the last 20 years. 
• Note that the old liberal saw about “dark money” has steadily disappeared from the left-wing lexicon (nothing is darker than Mark Zuckerberg’s infusions of cash to warp particular voting precincts). 
• Likewise, in the once trendy academic trifecta of “race, class, and gender,” class” has been dropped quietly.
• The most elite and wealthy institutions in America are predominantly liberal bastions: Silicon Valley, entertainment, universities, professional sports, Wall Street, the mainstream media, and foundations...Read all!!!