Hansen’s message not so hidden

One common human defense mechanism is projection.

Projection is attributing one’s own thoughts, feelings and motives to another. For example, wife beaters who sexually cheat on their wives very commonly barrage their isolated wives with belligerent and false accusations of infidelity.

Big Lake preacher Ethan Hansen gives us another example of projection in his recent column, “Overturning Abortion Ruling is Highest Priority,” in Sunday’s Frontiersman.

In his politically charged column, the Big Lake patriarch describes the far left as “obsessed with abortion.” That’s rich coming from one of thousands of patriarchal priests and preachers who have, for more than 30 years, collectively harangued their congregations into taking political action against abortion.

The truth is, Hansen the patriarch is using projection to cover up his own dark obsession — to force women into subjugation by outlawing abortions of zygotes, embryos, hopelessly malformed developing humans and harmful or illegal pregnancies.

Valerie Mittelstead

Palmer