Transference

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I just had an insight, from the New York Times' disgraceful attack upon the Little Sisters of the Poor. It is this: Freud was right in pointing to transference as a mechanism, but wrong in believing that it is principally a defence mechanism. Here, for instance, we have a classic case of transference: the New York Times claims that the Little

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[eliskimo]

Wow. That is an interesting insight. Thank you for sharing. I'm going to have mull it over a bit.

[saturndevouring]

I've found most support some flawed model of "freedom of..." that usually ends with, "...that I agree with." Free speech is wonderful provided I'm cool with it. Freedom of expression is sweet and dandy provided it doesn't offend me.

The problem I find isn't that they support them, it's that they think it's what "free..." is. As a librarian, this can be particularly troubling.