Darvo Quotes

“People who are actually "cancelled" don't get their thoughts published and amplified in major outlets... . The term "cancel culture" comes from entitlement—as though the person complaining has the right to a large, captive audience, & one is a victim if people choose to tune them out. Odds are you're not actually cancelled, you're just being challenged, held accountable, or unliked.
― Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez”
― Emily J.M. Knox, Foundations of Intellectual Freedom

“Swinging from attack and deflection to complete self-blame eradicates any chance for resolution or understanding.”
― Neal Winsomer, Calling Out the Shadows: A Father's Stand Against the Current: Clarity over comfort. Transparency over secrecy. Structure over spin. Love over anger.

“It seems that many with NPD can create a lie and twist a tale so well that they start to believe it to be the truth themselves.”
― Neal Winsomer

“I feel like my ex-wife could pass the most sophisticated lie detector tests and convince an experienced forensic psychophysiologist that specific lies she tells are true.

I believe she knows she is lying about certain things, but I have also found that specific narratives she has constructed over time appear to her as absolute, undeniable truths, regardless of evidence to the contrary.

I find this delusional and dangerous.”
― Neal Winsomer

“Unchallenged affirmation from those who accept an incomplete story harms her. Hidden truths remain concealed as she refutes all other claims.”
― Neal Winsomer, Calling Out the Shadows: A Father's Stand Against the Current: Clarity over comfort. Transparency over secrecy. Structure over spin. Love over anger.

“People provoke you,
and when they are successful in
bringing that ugly side out,
they suddenly become victims,
and you suddenly become
a toxic person.”
― Sadia Hakim, Cardiophoros