Deflect

Deflect: Oh Uncle Art, I know you're worried about me.

Diana Mercer: Drama at the Holiday Table Diana Mercer 2010

Deflect: Oh Uncle Art, I know you're worried about me.

Diana Mercer: Drama at the Holiday Table Diana Mercer 2010

Put differently, this principle can be stated in the following way: Deflect your attention from the problem situation to something else and build your coping mechanisms for dealing with stress and change.

Alex Pattakos: Living with Meaning: Shift Your Focus Of Attention 2009

Deflect any criticism of this allegedly irresponsible reproductive behaviour with, 'It is a cultural thing; you wouldn't understand.'

Fancy living dangerously? Migrate to a third world fuckhole nation & demand your "rights" FIDO The Dog 2009

Deflect attention away from their daughter and/or find somebody else to throw under the bus as the person responsible for having committed the crime against little Caylee.

CNN Transcript Jun 12, 2009 2009

Deflect the focus from the evil within your ranks and project it onto any other target besides oneself.

Michael Gerson, Your Shtetl Pass Is Revoked | ATTACKERMAN 2009

I always assumed this was one of those Rove moves: Deflect legitimate criticisms by personalizing the critics as motivated by hate.

Hillary Booed At Iowa Forum 2009

Step Two: Deflect all specific attacks by not having a single bill with transparent provisions.

Obama’s Health Care Strategy: Vote First, Sell Second - Dan_McLaughlin’s blog - RedState 2009

The strategy of Deflect, Suppress and Spin that got us into this war and keeps us in it has been the president's approach, if you can call it that, to all manner of problems, from torture to Medicare to Katrina.

Daniel Goldin: The Character Issue 2008

Deflect, Suppress and Spin are tactics to support this dangerous habit of mind.

Daniel Goldin: The Character Issue 2008