Is judging others more likely to be used as a defence mechanism, or a form of attack?
Assuming that were ruling out someone giving a correct observation about another that doenst include negative emotion and nasty stuff, goes like this: most unfounded criticism is derives from the condition of the attacker/accuser having dirty misdeeds of their own on the same or similar topic. Example: if you steal a thiefs pencil, he’ll go ballistic. Judging others also stems from an intollerace of other people. Such people may either attack them or feel the need to defend themselves – so it can kinda be either. When its an attack, often the intent is to DEVALUATE the target (make them less important by making them seem degraded or worthless) – this is ofen used as an excuse of having don something bad to that person. When you get too close to discovering something that another wants to keep secret and thus “almost find out”, the other may start to criticize and attack – either way you view it it works (attack or defend).
