I've also heard this described as ideological possession.
When you talk to someone who is ideologically possessed you already know everything they're going to say and everything they believe before they even tell you. You can't have a conversation with someone like that, they literally cannot hear or understand what you say to them, they automatically translate what you are saying into something else in their head, and ascribe hidden motives to what you say. It allows them to completely dismiss any argument you may have by "other"-ising you as a bad person, they cannot grapple with your actual arguments. You are an evil and bad person so automatically anything you say is incorrect.
they automatically translate what you are saying into something else in their head, and ascribe hidden motives to what you say
I have experienced this first hand. Any time I say anything critical of the narrative, her mind begins searching for a away to equate what I'm saying as racism or women hating and so on. Once that is done, then the conversation is over.
I've also heard this described as ideological possession. When you talk to someone who is ideologically possessed you already know everything they're going to say and everything they believe before they even tell you. You can't have a conversation with someone like that, they literally cannot hear or understand what you say to them, they automatically translate what you are saying into something else in their head, and ascribe hidden motives to what you say. It allows them to completely dismiss any argument you may have by "other"-ising you as a bad person, they cannot grapple with your actual arguments. You are an evil and bad person so automatically anything you say is incorrect.
I have experienced this first hand. Any time I say anything critical of the narrative, her mind begins searching for a away to equate what I'm saying as racism or women hating and so on. Once that is done, then the conversation is over.