Posted on 09/09/2020 6:32:02 AM PDT by MNDude
WHAT IS GASLIGHTING?
The term originates in the systematic psychological manipulation of a victim by her husband in Patrick Hamilton’s 1938 stage play Gas Light, and the film adaptations released in 1940 and 1944. In the story, the husband attempts to convince his wife and others that she is insane by manipulating small elements of their environment and insisting that she is mistaken, remembering things incorrectly, or delusional when she points out these changes. The play's title alludes to how the abusive husband slowly dims the gas lights in their home, while pretending nothing has changed, in an effort to make his wife doubt her own perceptions. The wife repeatedly asks her husband to confirm her perceptions about the dimming lights, but in defiance of reality, he keeps insisting that the lights are the same and instead it is she who is going insane.
We are living in a perpetual state of gaslighting. The reality that we are being told by the media is at complete odds with what we are seeing with our own two eyes. And when we question the false reality that we are being presented, or we claim that what we see is that actual reality, we are vilified as racist or bigots or just plain crazy. You’re not racist. You’re not crazy. You’re being gaslighted.
New York State has twice as many deaths from Covid-19 than any other state, and New York has accounted for one fifth of all Covid-19 deaths, but we are told that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has handled the pandemic better than any other governor. But if we support policies of Governors whose states had only a fraction of the infections and deaths as New York, we’re called anti-science and want people to die. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy? No, you’re being gaslighted.
We see mobs of people looting stores, smashing windows, setting cars on fire and burning down buildings, but we are told that these demonstrations are peaceful protests. And when we call this destruction of our cities, riots, we are called racists. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy? No, you’re being gaslighted.
We see the major problem destroying many inner-cities is crime; murder, gang violence, drug dealing, drive-by shootings, armed robbery, but we are told that it is not crime, but the police that are the problem in the inner-cities. We are told we must defund the police and remove law enforcement from crime-riddled cities to make them safer. But if we advocate for more policing in cities overrun by crime, we are accused of being white supremacists and racists. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy? No, you’re being gaslighted.
The United States of America accepts more immigrants than any other country in the world. The vast majority of the immigrants are “people of color”, and these immigrants are enjoying freedom and economic opportunity not available to them in their country of origin, but we are told that the United States is the most racist and oppressive country on the planet, and if we disagree, we are called racist and xenophobic. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy? No, you’re being gaslighted.
Capitalist countries are the most prosperous countries in the world The standard of living is the highest in capitalist countries. We see more poor people move up the economic ladder to the middle and even the wealthy class through their effort and ability in capitalist countries than any other economic system in the world, but we are told capitalism is an oppressive system designed to keep people down. So, we
ask ourselves, am I crazy? No, you’re being gaslighted.
Communist countries killed over 100 million people in the 20th century. Communist countries strip their citizens of basic hman rights, dictate every aspect of their lives, treat their citizens like slaves, and drive their economies into the ground, but we are told that Communism is the fairest, most equitable, freest and most prosperous economic system in the world. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy? No, you’re being gaslighted.
The most egregious example of gaslighting is the concept of “white fragility”. You spend your life trying to be a good person, trying to treat people fairly and with respect. You disavow racism and bigotry in all its forms. You judge people solely on the content of their character and not by the color of their skin.
You don’t discriminate based on race or ethnicity. But you are told you are a racist, not because of something you did or said, but solely because of the color of your skin. You know instinctively that charging someone with racism because of their skin color is itself racist. You know that you are not racist, so you defend yourself and your character, but you are told that your defense of yourself is proof of your racism. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy? No, you’re being gaslighted.
Gaslighting has become one of the most pervasive and destructive tactics in American politics. It is the exact opposite of what our political system was meant to be. It deals in lies and psychological coercion, and not the truth and intellectual discourse. If you ever ask yourself if you’re crazy, you are not. Crazy people aren’t sane enough to ask themselves if they’re crazy. So, trust yourself, believe what’s in your heart. Trust your eyes over what you are told. Never listen to the people who tell you that you are crazy, because you are not, you’re being gaslighted.
Sophocles said: "What people believe prevails over the truth."
And that's what the media are trying to exploit.
~~unknown author
Worth repeating. Caucasians are systematically being reduced as a demographic presence.
The media are not our friends. I think we realized that back when Walter Cronkite surreptitiously began to reveal his communist sympathies and his contempt for the United States.
And, like every other arena in America, they no longer hide their treason. It's now mainstream.
Marilyn Monroe was a whore and got into trouble for it. She got fired for her Playboy layout. Today, that's the first thing an aspiring actress puts on her resume, viz. her porn history.
How far the mighty (the USA) have fallen.
“Tell a lie often enough and the low information voters will accept it as gospel”.
Yep The Atlantic BS story is a perfect example. Every lying detail repeated over and over for three days on every network. It worked, the polling just done definitely reflects a lot of people believed it. Some will roll back as the truth leaks out ever so quietly.
Well done. Needs much broader distribution. Point made and blunted but that is OK in this case.
Great post. Tweeted this.
Its origin is from the Alfred Hitchcock, “Gaslight”. Once you see it, you’ll understand.
Interesting that the old movie ‘Gas Light’ was on the Movies TV channel as I was reading this just now.
Edited:
Its origin is from the Alfred Hitchcock MOVIE, “Gaslight”. Once you see it, you’ll understand.
The word is thrown around a lot now, but it’s a case of, “I don’t think that word means what you think it means.” Mostly, it isn’t true “gaslighting”.
The 1944 film starred Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer.
The media calls it “news”.
What? Stop it, you and only you are the one that does it. /gaslighting
typically its a strong case of narcissism and pride.
Gaslighting.
Frat house memories.
Dan Bongino explains ‘gaslighting’ in his latest video, MNDude.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY-Gvhx8pkY
Excellent post.
The insanity of the left today that we are required to swallow, IS insane. Some examples;
1-socialism works and capitalism doesn’t
2-cause violent riots and call it peaceful summer of love
3-defund the police
4-disarm the non violent citizenry (which leaves us all vulnerable to irrational mobs and government after 2 and 3 above)
5-prioritize peer pressure and emotion over true rational logic.
It IS insane. And we as conservative true liberals in the classical sense have to start standing up and calling it what it is. And there are only two rational possibilities going on here with these people;
Either they are manipulated, ignorant, moral-less idiots fools in the worst sense......or they are evil with truly bad intentions.
And we have got to start not being afraid of calling out evil because if they win it WILL be Hell on Earth.
Spot on, unfortunately.
Don’t forget right after 9/11, Bush called Islam “A Religion of Peace.” It was such a giant example of gaslighting and I was shocked the country didn’t call him out on it. But, no. The morons had to keep up the PC poop. No one had the courage to speak the truth.
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