Reminds me of the psychological weapon called "gaslighting"....taken from the film noir classic, "Gaslight."
Charles Boyer's character was a glib con artist, murderer and thief---he ingratiated himself w/ Ingrid Bergman, and married her, in order to move into her house----a house she inherited from her murdered aunt (murdered by Boyer).
Later the term "gaslighting" became a term to describe a patterns of psychological abuse in which the victims are gradually manipulated into doubting his/her own reality---involves the perpetrator using emotional gimmicks---often acting as a "victim" so as to dupe and disorient the target experiencing abusive behavior.
The desired effect of "gaslighting" is to maintain the abuser's image as a sympathetic person, while simultaneously priming the disoriented victim to believe that he/she is to blame for the ruinous effects of the calculated mistreatment.
And this is Mitch needs to be driven into the ditch (along with Boner and Rove).
And this is WHY Mitch needs to be driven into the ditch (along with Boner and Rove).
This is a keeper for anyone being asked stupid questions by a complicit media. Very inciteful IMHO.
If ya’ll got the stomach to witness the nature of most political cretins and their bureaucratic lackeys the video of a baboon feeding on a still bleating baby gazelle shown here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcnH_TOqi3I captures the political criminals proven attitude towards tax paying middle America pretty well.
If you have a problem with harsh reality just move on. It will catch up to you soon enough.
Calvin called it Calvinball. Hobbes was just about as FRustrated playing Calvinball as Republicans are:
“The Unofficial Official Rules of Calvinball
Permanent Rule: You may not play the Calvinball the same way twice.
Primary Rule: The following rules are subject to be changed, amended, or deleted by any player(s) involved. These rules are not required, nor necessary to play Calvinball.
1.0. The following words in these rules are mostly freely interchangeable, the Primary Rule applies:
Can
May
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Shall
Should
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Would
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“Ted Nugent, someone I grew up with on the radio in Detroit, called the president a “subhuman mongrel” at an event for Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott of Texas.”
No, he did not. That was said during an interview, if what I have read is correct.
K-
Tough he can surely ‘turn a phrase’:
“Barack Obama was vetted with all the gusto guys use to vet pretty girls at the singles bar…
The offended class in the media sprang into action, drooling like heroin junkies when they hear that flame hit the bottom of the spoon.”
& it IS an important message...I just wonder...
YES, 0 used “mongrel” himSELF,
it’s the “subhuman” part - c’mon...do we really need to be defending this?
I’m not trying to start any frustrated petty bickering that our anger at the current state of affairs produces all too often on here...jmo! It’s wrong.
<<<*sigh* Trudges resignedly off to the closet to search for the flame suit anyway.
The writer lost some points with me here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3123570/posts
In the future, I’ll read Hunter’s work with a bit of a gimlet eye. (what’s he reeeeaallllly up to?)
Liz, I DO know - very well - what gaslighting is, and your description of it is just fantastic.
If you don’t mind, could I copy it for my profile?
The lazy-minded leftists who use ‘bumper-sticker quotes, substituting for real thought’ are actually, pretty willing dupes of this ploy, wouldn’t you say?
Look how powerful of an effect gaslighting has!
Their beliefs in falsehood permeate the core, the fabric, the very DNA of their beings. They react with rage and incredulity when one little ray of logic or truth reveals their belief in the lie. (They are “People of the Lie”).
The entire media. The entire academic culture.
It is all, one big lying gaslighting machine.
Too bad advertising works.
Too many willingly lap it up.
Why do the abused so often enable their abusers?
We see here - one big reason why.
Truthful and sound advice.
Bump for later
If there is a poll-—I vote for Nugent.