Psychological Projection

The secular fundamentalists condemn Christians when they express their
faith, as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. When Christians express
their first amendment rights and speak out against immorality, injustice,
or stupidity, or refuse to support certain businesses that have become
pawns of the Left, the secular fundamentalists claim that Christians are
seeking to establish a theocracy or oligarchy, the rule of a religious
party. This is nothing but classic psychological projection, when one
assigns to other persons the hidden motives or wishes that one craves to be
fulfilled in oneself. The secular fundamentalists crave a society free
from God and any influence of God, and so they project their hidden craving
to their opponents, calling them theocrats.