NYT’s Goldberg Compares Trump’s Method of Authoritarianism to Domestic Abuse: ‘It’s DARVO’

Sanders TOWNSEND This authoritarian ░░░░░░░░ is very unpopular The ░░░░░░░░ it feels like in ░░░░░░░░ streets is very unpopular ░░░░░░░░ the way in which ░░░░░░░░ White House tried to ░░░░░░░░ it today is to ░░░░░░░░ it seem like this ░░░░░░░░ just run of the ░░░░░░░░ FBI work And then ░░░░░░░░ president took questions and ░░░░░░░░ us further down the ░░░░░░░░ path How did you ░░░░░░░░ what happened today Goldberg ░░░░░░░░ I think you know ░░░░░░░░ you go back and ░░░░░░░░ kind of any of ░░░░░░░░ great theorists on fascism ░░░░░░░░ totalitarianism what they ll ░░░░░░░░ is that the authoritarian ░░░░░░░░ isn t so much ░░░░░░░░ with creating an alternate ░░░░░░░░ of facts as he ░░░░░░░░ with obliterating the sense ░░░░░░░░ reality can be grasped ░░░░░░░░ all And so in ░░░░░░░░ atmosphere of intense cynicism ░░░░░░░░ derangement and confusion it ░░░░░░░░ possible for them to ░░░░░░░░ try to create their ░░░░░░░░ reality and people feel ░░░░░░░░ of they feel sort ░░░░░░░░ off balance in trying ░░░░░░░░ reassert what they know ░░░░░░░░ be true And I ░░░░░░░░ that Donald Trump is ░░░░░░░░ a master of that ░░░░░░░░ mean there s a ░░░░░░░░ that people in the ░░░░░░░░ violence world use when ░░░░░░░░ re and I think ░░░░░░░░ there s a lot ░░░░░░░░ ways in which understanding ░░░░░░░░ domestic abusers operate gives ░░░░░░░░ some insight into how ░░░░░░░░ Trump operates They say ░░░░░░░░ s DARVO deflect attack ░░░░░░░░ victim and offender So ░░░░░░░░ know whenever kind of ░░░░░░░░ administration accuses someone of ░░░░░░░░ in a sense it ░░░░░░░░ always a confession Their ░░░░░░░░ operandi is if they ░░░░░░░░ a crime and are ░░░░░░░░ accountable for it that ░░░░░░░░ shows that they have ░░░░░░░░ right to prosecute someone ░░░░░░░░ the identical crime.”