It has a specific use for lying of a special sort: to convince the hearer they they are mad, or blind, or insane, or at fault, and think the liar is perfect.
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Gaslighting incorporates manipulation and sustained attack of a person’s self worth. Trump’s interaction with the press is more than lying. It’s gaslighting.
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Just like can people please stop saying, “hard working public servants,” as no one else works hard!!
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Gaslighting is a legitimate term when used to describe the behaviour of someone who has power or influence on someone.
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Not just influence but also to manipulate the concepts around reality
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Or two-faced, dishonest, misleading , dishonest
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And stop using the term fake news. We have facts, opinions or lies.
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Why Bernard? Gaslight is manipulate (someone) by psychological means into doubting their own sanity. "in the first episode, Karen Valentine is being gaslighted by her husband"
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Ahhh thanks for letting a few of us know what it means.
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Can 'blindsided' be removed from the English language too?
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Should’nt that be gasbagging?
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For those who dont know, it comes from the 1944 movie Gaslight, where Charles Boyer tries to convince his wife Ingrid Bergman that she was going mad by, among other things, turning down the gas light & but convincing her that she is wrong. So gaslighting is convincing 1/2
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someone that they are wrong even in the face of evidence that they are right. It's a good movie, check it out.
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'On Writing' by Stephen King should be required reading. The biggest take-away; don't use a vague or long word when a clear short one will do.
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Ta, I wondered what it meant.
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*Lying* Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama lied their arses off about Libya and Syria and are of the same ilk as the Bush administration.
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Bullying when they mean dislike also.
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