To avoid experiencing anxiety, logan is attributing his own unacceptable aggressive impulses to another individual. logan is using a defense mechanism called:

Logan is using a defense mechanism called "Projection".

Projection is a type of resistance in which undesirable sentiments are dislodged onto someone else, where they at that point show up as a danger from the outside world. A typical type of projection happens when an individual, undermined by his own furious sentiments, blames another for harboring unfriendly considerations.