Posted on 01/25/2021 2:39:33 AM PST by sodpoodle
“The term “Gaslighting” is recognized by the shrink community as a tactic used by abusers.”
Been there. A common technique used by narcissist.
(And my ex worked in Fauxi’s lab)
First rule of Gaslighting.
There is no Gaslighting.
LOL, I don’t have cable or watch television (Okay, I have been watching the new “All Creatures Great and Small” series on PBS, but I figure my tax money goes to that, so I am fully justified in doing so!) but I do know of those shows and they are quite popular by all accounts.
That said, I know what you mean. I think that boils down to our sense of innate justice. I have just been listening to Jordan Peterson, and he talks about how there is something ingrained in us about fairness and justice that even the youngest of children grasp. We have to learn that a hot stove is dangerous, but we understand at a fundamental level when another child gets more candy than we do...as we mature, we understand that there are valid reasons for what we perceive as injustice, and we can use rationality to temper it.
In this, we understand that concept of the REAL betrayal of “justice” and it does offend us, even more so when we observe the Left trumpeting the same “injustice” on completely flawed and ideologically based criteria. In their case, it is part a combination of never maturing, and using it as an ideological tool to get what they want. Disgusting.
....Just watch the news. Biden is fit and sharp and never felt up those little girls. Hunter is the smartest and most ethical person ever. Trump ruined the world economy when he created the Italian Covid19 virus. Antifa is a myth. That’s not a pile of feces in your bowl of milk.
I've learned to simply avoid as much mainstream media as possible in order to help filter out the noise and garbage. Nothing important is missed and alternate sources are available. Helps clear the mind ....
And mentally ill people can do this very thing and cause the same effect to the victim without even knowing it because they really believe it. Doesn't change the result at all a spouse can drive one mad. Been there.
The media is our #1 enemy.
PFL
It's a great movie but not especially enjoyable for people who have experienced gaslighting in their previous marriage. ;-)
That’s probably true. The ultimate mental cruelty.
Want to return my $15/mo modem to Xfinity.
Any ideas on wat model modem/router to buy? Do I need to spend $150?
What do you use?
Xfinity is great for cell phone service
Astroturfing means pretending that there is a "grass-roots" movement to support a policy, when there isn't really one (astroturf is artificial grass, named after the surface used in the Astrodome in Houston); it's a coordinated ploy by a small group to plant stories in the media to suggest a larger appeal than really exists.
On the one hand, it's a form of gaslighting that tries to get you to deny your own perceptions, and on the other hand it is faking a groundswell of support that isn't really there.
In that sense, astroturfing is a tool that supports gaslighting, because it is fake evidence to the contrary of what you know to be true.
-PJ
The first time I heard astroturf used in a context other than sports fields was when the Tea Party movement started. We called it a “grass roots” movement — which it was. Then some jerk like Maxine or Pelosi tried to demean it by calling it “astroturf”. (Aren’t they just so SO clever? Blecccch!)
To me, that seems different, fundamentally because mentally ill people may indeed think they are telling the truth.
It takes a special kind of a-hole to do this deliberately to cause anguish and pain, and Leftists from top to bottom do this as a matter of course.
That’s a good point. Astroturfing is a tactic deliberately used to do just that, cause demoralization and psychic pain by lies intended to cause that effect.
Very good point, PJT.
"Grass roots" is a term that's been around for a long time.
If Pelosi was accusing the Tea Party of being "astroturf," it's because history has shown us that Democrats always accuse Republicans of doing what they have been doing all along.
She called the Tea Party "astroturf" because it was probably a term they were using already to describe their own strategies.
-PJ
This article on gaslighting is outstanding. We have heard that term used many times in the past year. I am definitely going to share it.
I’m pinging someone who can answer that for you.
Too bad he went full Nazi.
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