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To: May Bee

I wouldn’t say it’s my favorite movie. But it is my favorite allegory. Covid-19 is probably the biggest gaslighting in history, followed closely by the george floyd hoax. But i probably repeat myself. The idea is that they lie to you and then force you to believe it under penalty of law in some cases.

I dont know how well that aligns with the Gaslighting allegory. But it sure does have an orwellian taint.


26 posted on 07/12/2020 2:50:44 AM PDT by Samurai_Jack (Democrats are not the enemy, Republicans are not your friends. We're on our own folks!)
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To: Samurai_Jack

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.


27 posted on 07/12/2020 3:04:28 AM PDT by Samurai_Jack (Democrats are not the enemy, Republicans are not your friends. We're on our own folks!)
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