>Anon mentioned a psychological term for this effect, but I can't remember… ideas?
It was I, anon, who wrote of a psychological term known as the Seimmelweis reflex. It is poorly understood, because most research on Communications/NLP isn't actively practiced by Academia.
Basically, the term breaks down into this.
>If a person is complicit in a horrible crime/act he was unaware of, rather than admit to himself that he was responsible for the act, the person will instead turn on the truth/accuser, and eventually violently.
>So, for example, if a person voted for a pedophile in office, rather than admit that the person was a pedophile, the person is instead to likely turn on the truth-giver because the person cannot psychologically process that they supported a pedophile.
The only response to dealing with a Semmelweis reflex is to admit the truth, and then prepare for 'violent' counter-attacks. Meaning, you tell the person the truth, then you grab a loaded gun, and point it at the person. You have to expect the person to retaliate violently, and then prevent the person from being able to retaliate violently. Force is the only option at this point when a person is that far gone.
Hope that helps, I may start a thread explaining this in general.