This is a perfect vicious circle which inevitably occurs whenever we are caught in a shadow projection (or in an animus or anima projection). A projection invariably blurs our own view of the other person. Even when the projected qualities happen to be real qualities of the other person—as in this case—the affect reaction which marks the projection points to the affect-toned complex in us which blurs our vision and interferes with our capacity to see objectively and relate humanly.
