>So many people assume that such a process as "X identifying with Y" occurs
>that I
>must be wrong. But honestly, I really cannot imagine what meaning that could
>have, and rather think the burden of proof lies on those who think it does. It
>seems mystical to me.
Yup. People never see rejected, idealized, admired, or despised aspects of themselves in others, do they? What a ludicrous invention of those hyperimaginative Freudians!
Doug