Commentary  Psychological “projection” is generally understood to be the assignment of one’s own intentions and actions to another party. It’s the proverbial case of “the pot calling the kettle black.” Bullies often project their own feelings of inadequacy and aggression onto other people. Projection is a form of culpability-transfer that shifts the shameful conduct of some to the doorstep of others. In its wokest partisan form, projection is a self-serving defense mechanism through which unhinged activists disguise their own malicious inclinations by attributing them to political enemies. J.D. Vance’s Case Against the Modern University The spread of this partisan variant of “projection disorder” relies on the availability of suitable hosts to which shame can be reassigned. Given the temper of our times, this pathology usually begins with identifying a prominent ideological adversary. A striking example of this disorder appeared late last year in the pages of The Chronicle of Higher …