That was an interesting wikipedia entry.
Gaslighting has been used by individuals and groups for “attaining interpersonal and social control over the psychic functioning of other individuals and groups”.
The illusory truth effect, a phenomenon in which a listener comes to believe something primarily because it has been repeated so often, may occur to a victim during gaslighting.
All of us are in the midst of a live action gaslighting event. Off stage, the puppet masters pull the strings on politicians, the media, and celebrities. It seems to be a downward spiral.
At least, Free Republic is a place to burn off the stinky gas and check reality against falsehood.
My two girls ended up getting to know the movie as they grew up. I was so proud when the youngest had an assignment in high school to write an essay about “would you rather have the gift of flight or the gift of being invisible..and explain”. She picked “invisibility” and included as one of her reasons was that she would be able to “gaslight” people by moving objects from one place to another, quietly place necklaces in handbags type of things, etc. LOL. I told her to be ready to explain the term as not everyone was raised knowing it. :)