Bruce Moon

𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐄 𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐏𝐒 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐒𝐘𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐍 𝐋𝐄𝐅𝐓 𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐀𝐕𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐒 This is one of the most precise dissections of the liberal progressive mind you will ever hear. Phillips starts with the core self-deception: “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘐’𝘮 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐’𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐’𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐’𝘮 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯.” From that circular logic flows everything else — the compulsive need to champion the “oppressed,” the reflexive assignment of blame to the powerful, the inability to process evidence that contradicts the narrative. And then October 7th happened. The people they had championed as 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐬 turned out to be, in Phillips’ words, “𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘬∗𝘭𝘭, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤, 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘤, 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘳∗𝘱𝘦𝘥, 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯, 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯, 𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘯.” The liberal progressive cannot absorb this. Because if they admit the people they championed are 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥, then their entire worldview shatters — and with it, their self-image as a good person. Phillips puts it bluntly: “𝘐𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮? 𝘐𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭.” That’s the real terror — not what H∗mas did, but what their support for H∗mas 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. “𝘚𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰? 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢.” Then Phillips identifies the mechanism: 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘮 𝘰𝘧.” Call Israelis “genocidal.” Call them “Nazis.” Because “𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘕𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦. 𝘞𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.” This is why the accusation of “genocide” against Israel is not merely offensive — it is 𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 for the people making it. Without it, they’d have to confront what they actually supported. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 “𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐬” 𝐝𝐢𝐝. 𝐒𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐬. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥.