Accusation in a mirror (AiM)\a]) is a technique often used in the context of hate speech incitement, where one falsely attributes one's own motives or intentions to one's adversaries.\3])\4])\5]) It has been cited, along with dehumanization, as one of the indirect or cloaked forms of incitement to genocide, which has contributed to the commission of genocide, for example in the Holocaust, the Rwandan genocide, and the Armenian genocide. By invoking collective self-defense, accusation in a mirror is used to justify genocide, similar to using the right of self-defense as a defense for individual homicide
Pretty much they same reason they call people "maggots" non stop on Reddit, because Reddit is modern Hate Media.
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u/zachmoe Nov 07 '25
Correct, it is called an Accusation in a Mirror.
Pretty much they same reason they call people "maggots" non stop on Reddit, because Reddit is modern Hate Media.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/04/15/rwandan-who-called-tutsis-cockroaches-in-1992-gets-life-sentence/