If you’ve ever named a hurt to a person or system in power, you know the script. The response never addresses the thing you said. It becomes a seminar on your perception of the thing you said.
“You’re too sensitive.”
“You misunderstood the context.”
“What about your role in this dynamic?”
“Let’s not dwell on the past.”
“You need to forgive.”
This is Deflection. It is the primary weapon of a system or person that cannot justify its actions but must maintain its authority. Its goal is to shift the discussion from their accountable action to your defective reaction.
It turns you, the accuser with evidence, into the defendant on trial for your own feelings. It’s a masterful, soul-crushing magic trick.
Today, we nullify the trick. We establish The Deflection Clearance Protocol.
The Core Principle
The protocol is built on one sovereign rule: You cannot be tried for your testimony about a crime. You can only be heard.
When deflection begins, you deploy this frame. Verbally, internally, in writing. It is your shield and your sword:
“We are not talking about my reaction. We are talking about your action.
We are not discussing my healing process. We are examining your duty.
The question is not ‘What is wrong with me for seeing this?’
The question is: ‘Did you fulfill the basic, non-negotiable mandate of your role?’”
Operationalize It: The Litmus Test Interrupt
This is where your forensic toolkit becomes vital. Deflection hates binary audits. When they try to redirect, you redirect to the test:
· If it’s a spiritual leader: “This isn’t about my sensitivity. This is about the Ezekiel 34 Shepherd Audit. Did you feed the sheep, or yourself? Show me your work.”
· If it’s a “helping” institution: “This isn’t about my misunderstanding. This is about the James 2 Poverty Audit. Was your help words, or action? Show me the ledger.”
· If it’s a relationship or family system: “This isn’t about my role in the past. This is about the Safety-First Audit. Did your choice protect me or expose me? Show me the policy.”
A single FAIL = a FAILED DUTY. The conversation about your feelings is legally and morally irrelevant once their duty has been forensically failed.
Deflection is a request to ignore the verdict and instead critique the courtroom. Your protocol is to deny the request and nail the verdict to the door.
The Sovereign Outcome
When you consistently apply this protocol, one of two things happens:
- The deflecting party is forced onto the ground of evidence and duty, where they must either justify their actions (which they can’t) or admit failure.
- They escalate, revealing that their authority is entirely dependent on your willingness to be distracted. Their mask slips. The fraud is exposed.
In either case, you win. You are no longer entangled in the un-winnable debate about the clarity of the mirror. You are now conducting a dispassionate audit of the face in front of it.
Your assignment this week: Identify one deflection pattern in your life. Apply the protocol. Do not follow their redirect. Report the evidence of the failure of duty. Notice what happens when you stop arguing about the reflection and start auditing the object.
The truth doesn’t need your defense. It just needs its turn to speak.
Stay sovereign,
Liberthea Anadara
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