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mrmhead On about 22 hours ago




NE, Ohio
#1New Post! Jan 11, 2017 @ 14:21:48
No:


Yes:
The term comes from the 1930s play "Gas Light" and the 1940s Hollywood movie version (Gaslight) in which a manipulative husband tries to unmoor his wife, played by Ingrid Bergman, by tampering with her perception of reality. He dims the gaslights and then pretends it's only she who thinks they are flickering as the rooms grow darker.
That's only the beginning. He uses a variety of truth-blurring techniques. His goal is to exert power and control by creating doubts about what is real and what isn't, distracting her as he attempts to steal precious jewels.
Mental health professionals have made much of the practice, said to be a favorite of narcissists and abusive spouses. But more recently the tactical tampering with the truth has become a preferred method of strongmen around the world. Gaslighting by other means was always a common feature of dictatorships, but it has found new vogue as a more subtle form of domestic political control even in countries with varying degrees of democracy.


Agree:
https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/10/opinions/donald-trump-is-gaslighting-america-ghitis/index.html
mrmhead On about 22 hours ago




NE, Ohio
#2New Post! Jan 11, 2017 @ 14:50:39
I've mentioned before, during the campaign that he just throws so much s*** out there that 1) you don't know where to begin and 2) you can't keep up.

Not sure if he's just crazy, or crazy like a fox.
chaski On about 9 hours ago
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Tree at Floydgirrl's Window,
#3New Post! Jan 11, 2017 @ 16:03:20
@mrmhead Said

I've mentioned before, during the campaign that he just throws so much s*** out there.



Its OK that he is a BS artist and that his campaign was a load of lies mixed with ridiculous hyperboli.

He was just connecting with how we all feel... that live is surreal and nonsensical.
LuckyCharms On July 31, 2021
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#4New Post! Jan 11, 2017 @ 22:26:59
He's just everywhere. All the time. His fowl ignorant loud mouthed egotistical lying hypocritical fat face is everywhere.

One more outrageous thing than the last.

I am so tired of him and it's not even Jan 20th.

I want to boycott him.
shinobinoz On May 28, 2017
Stnd w Standing Rock





Wichita, Kansas
#5New Post! Jan 12, 2017 @ 04:10:54
I'm thinking a coma for 4 years might be easier to handle than sitting through his gaslight presidency.
mrmhead On about 22 hours ago




NE, Ohio
#6New Post! Jan 23, 2017 @ 00:15:19
Gaslighting would be the covert term - when you don't want your victim to know.

Alternative Facts would be the overt term - when you're quite blatant about it.
shinobinoz On May 28, 2017
Stnd w Standing Rock





Wichita, Kansas
#7New Post! Jan 23, 2017 @ 01:28:30
@mrmhead Said

Gaslighting would be the covert term - when you don't want your victim to know.

Alternative Facts would be the overt term - when you're quite blatant about it.


I'm expecting to hear the alternative facts about gas lighting soon enough from the Trumpets.
LuckyCharms On July 31, 2021
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#8New Post! Jan 23, 2017 @ 02:04:54
It's going to be a long four years at this rate.
chaski On about 9 hours ago
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Tree at Floydgirrl's Window,
#9New Post! Jan 23, 2017 @ 06:25:42
Alternate facts
mrmhead On about 22 hours ago




NE, Ohio
#10New Post! Jan 23, 2017 @ 13:22:43
@chaski Said

Alternate facts


...??

I still see the quote and references to "Alternative" facts ... if that's the point you're trying to make.

Of course your phrase could be the Alternate Phrase
chaski On about 9 hours ago
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Tree at Floydgirrl's Window,
#11New Post! Jan 23, 2017 @ 15:16:16
@mrmhead Said

...??

I still see the quote and references to "Alternative" facts ... if that's the point you're trying to make.

Of course your phrase could be the Alternate Phrase



To alternate is to take turns; an alternative is an option.

Yes...Ms. Conway's choice was "alternative".

Politically we seem to be in an age of both....sort of.
mrmhead On about 22 hours ago




NE, Ohio
#12New Post! Jan 23, 2017 @ 15:22:52
@chaski Said

To alternate is to take turns; an alternative is an option.

Yes...Ms. Conway's choice was "alternative".

Politically we seem to be in an age of both....sort of.



Yes, the administration can choose which "facts" to communicate, and we can choose which "facts" to believe.
chaski On about 9 hours ago
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Tree at Floydgirrl's Window,
#13New Post! Jan 23, 2017 @ 15:52:43
@mrmhead Said

Yes, the administration can choose which "facts" to communicate, and we can choose which "facts" to believe.


Choosing facts to support one's beliefs is not in and of itself bad, though it is not especially objective so can be "dangerous".

I find it a bit concerning that so many people believe "alternative facts" AND when confronted with information that disproves these "alternative facts" don't care.

This last year has seen some strange (to me) trends).

> The phenomena of not caring that Trump lied because "we" like the point that he was making.

Or

> "We" like what he said, even if was false or bigoted or racist or just crazy, because he was being "honest".
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