Yup- that’s why i posted it- (someone else posted it in another thread)- The left no longer even bother to try to hide their disdain for our country and for our moral beliefs, and they keep saying the most outrageous ridiculous things over and over and over again- until people begin to believe it or accept it
what the left are doing is a form of gaslighting- Which is a psychological assault on victims that cause them to eventually collapse in mental exhaustion
“Gaslighting
Reviewed by Psychology Today Staff
Gaslighting is an insidious form of manipulation and psychological control. Victims of gaslighting are deliberately and systematically fed false information that leads them to question what they know to be true, often about themselves. They may end up doubting their memory, their perception, and even their sanity. Over time, a gaslighter’s manipulations can grow more complex and potent, making it increasingly difficult for the victim to see the truth.”
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/gaslighting
I beg to differ. What Dalrymple is talking about is different than gaslighting in that the lies are not designed to convince. They aren’t even intended to be believable.
With gaslighting, the whole point is to convince you you are insane.
With this other form of psychological manipulation that Theodore Dalrymple is talking about, the lies are intentionally unbelievable - but they force you to repeat them, and force you live according to rules that you know are wrong, in order to control and humiliate you.
Unlike gaslighting, their goal is not to make you believe their lies, their goal is to torture you by making you submit ti a reality you DON’T believe in. The torture is actually greater the less you believe their lies.
I wonder if there is a name for this form of psychological torture.
It’s weird because I just realized that my Leftist acquaintances have been doing this to me recently: whenever they have me outnumbered, they confront me with rhetorical questions like “So, do you think Biden is the President right now?”
They have been watching on CNN that the crazy Trump supporters actually believe Biden is not the legitimate President and that Trump will be restored to his rightful place some time in the next few weeks.
So with their question, they are trying to bait me into saying Biden is not the legitimate President, so they can laugh at me - or if I say he is President - they can have the satisfaction of hearing me admit he’s President.
I say “Yes, he’s President… [I pause long enough for them to get that smug look of satisfaction that they forced me to admit it, then I continue with…] …as a result of stealing the election”.
But I think they are trying to torture me be forcing me to accept this insane reality that nobody believes