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WHAT IS GASLIGHTING?

The term originates in the systematic psychological manipulation of a victim by her husband in Patrick Hamilton’s 1938 stage play Gas Light, and the film adaptations released in 1940 and 1944. In the story, the husband attempts to convince his wife and others that she is insane by manipulating small elements of their environment and insisting that she is mistaken, remembering things incorrectly, or delusional when she points out these changes. The play's title alludes to how the abusive husband slowly dims the gas lights in their home, while pretending nothing has changed, in an effort to make his wife doubt her own perceptions. The wife repeatedly asks her husband to confirm her perceptions about the dimming lights, but in defiance of reality, he keeps insisting that the lights are the same and instead it is she who is going insane.

We are living in a perpetual state of gaslighting. The reality that we are being told by the media is at complete odds with what we are seeing with our own two eyes. And when we question the false reality that we are being presented, or we claim that what we see is that actual reality, we are vilified as racist or bigots or just plain crazy. You’re not racist. You’re not crazy. You’re being gaslighted.

New York State has twice as many deaths from Covid-19 than any other state, and New York has accounted for one fifth of all Covid-19 deaths, but we are told that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has handled the pandemic better than any other governor. But if we support policies of Governors whose states had only a fraction of the infections and deaths as New York, we’re called anti-science and want people to die. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy? No, you’re being gaslighted.

We see mobs of people looting stores, smashing windows, setting cars on fire and burning down buildings, but we are told that these demonstrations are peaceful protests. And when we call this destruction of our cities, riots, we are called racists. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy? No, you’re being
gaslighted.

We see the major problem destroying many inner-cities is crime; murder, gang violence, drug dealing, drive-by shootings, armed robbery, but we are told that it is not crime, but the police that are the problem in the inner-cities. We are told we must defund the police and remove law enforcement from crime-riddled cities to make them safer. But if we advocate for more policing in cities overrun by crime, we are accused of being white supremacists and racists. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy? No, you’re being gaslighted.

The United States of America accepts more immigrants than any other country in the world. The vast majority of the immigrants are “people of color”, and these immigrants are enjoying freedom and economic opportunity not available to them in their country of origin, but we are told that the United
States is the most racist and oppressive country on the planet, and if we disagree, we are called racist and xenophobic. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy? No, you’re being gaslighted.

Capitalist countries are the most prosperous countries in the world. The standard of living is the highest in capitalist countries. We see more poor people move up the economic ladder to the middle and even the wealthy class through their effort and ability in capitalist countries than any other economic system in the world, but we are told capitalism is an oppressive system designed to keep people down. So, we
ask ourselves, am I crazy? No, you’re being gaslighted.

Communist countries killed over 100 million people in the 20th century. Communist countries strip their citizens of basic human rights, dictate every aspect of their lives, treat their citizens like slaves, and drive their economies into the ground, but we are told that Communism is the fairest, most equitable, freest and most prosperous economic system in the world. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy? No, you’re being gaslighted.

The most egregious example of gaslighting is the concept of “white fragility”. You spend your life trying to be a good person, trying to treat people fairly and with respect. You disavow racism and bigotry in all its forms. You judge people solely on the content of their character and not by the color of their skin.
You don’t discriminate based on race or ethnicity. But you are told you are a racist, not because of something you did or said, but solely because of the color of your skin. You know instinctively that charging someone with racism because of their skin color is itself racist. You know that you are not racist, so you defend yourself and your character, but you are told that your defense of yourself is proof of your racism. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy? No, you’re being gaslighted.

Gaslighting has become one of the most pervasive and destructive tactics in American politics. It is the exact opposite of what our political system was meant to be. It deals in lies and psychological coercion, and not the truth and intellectual discourse. If you ever ask yourself if you’re crazy, you are not. Crazy people aren’t sane enough to ask themselves if they’re crazy. So, trust yourself, believe what’s in your heart. Trust your eyes over what you are told. Never listen to the people who tell you that you are crazy, because you are not, you’re being gaslighted.

Sophocles said: "What people believe prevails over the truth."

And that's what the media are trying to exploit.

Don’t allow yourself to be gaslighted.”

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Thanks. I keep seeing that term but had no idea what it meant.

This.

Rocky,

The gas lighting most commonly describes certain behaviors of people affiliated with Narcissistic Personality Disorder.

If you have 14 minutes, you might see if this guy's describing anyone you know.

Nowhere is gas lighting more common or productive that right here on 24hrcrybaby. I'm sure that's why TLee posted it here.

Gaslight, 1944, a very good movie and example of "gaslighting."

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036855/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

L.W.

Yes it originated in the '40ss.
It 1st appeared when DJT celebrating his 4th birthday attempted to blow out the candles on his cake. The noctuctous gasses from his mouth blew the walls out. After that he was never presented a birthday cake with candles.

wow this article sure triggered the NAZIs on here

My grandmother introduced me to that term very early in life.

She told me my aunt, ( crazy as hell) also estranged daughter was telling her that she was going to convince the state that she, my grandmother was actually the one that was crazy and have her institutionalized.

Sure enough, in any conversations with other family, my aunt was pushing this agenda.

Old people are a doodle, lol



And for real, my aunt was crazy. She was the type of person that would take you to disney world, but instead of riding chit and having a good time; she insisted on getting 40-50 rolls of film, pics of every flower, signpost, fountain, etc. One of ‘those people’ that looks like an NFL photographer.

I am sure I posted it to point out the democrat and MSM strategies.

We got that with your hero the Zero and muzzy immigration.

that's it right there

Absolutely, positively CORRECT! The media has been trying to convince conservatives that we are hateful, racist nazis for decades. They've become what they claim to hate.

Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer IIRC. A good movie. Rebecca and Wuthering Heights are similar.

The whole of the MSM gaslights now. Gaslighting is, in essence, "You're operating with the wrong information, so you have come to the wrong conclusion. I have the right information, so you should come to my conclusion." It's devious schitt, because it touches on the essence of the individual to perceive reality and discern factual information from it.

“We’re not taking your guns! You’re paranoid!”
“You’re damn right we’re taking your guns!”

“We’re going to defund the police!”
“We didn’t really mean defund the police! We meant hire social workers!”

“We’re going to ban all fracking!”
“We’re not banning fracking!”

Ten thousand wannabee comedians starving to death on Sunset Blvd., and here you are, SAcharlie, trying to make funny. Don't give up your day job.

L.W.

You blew your brains out with your candles.

It did, didn't it?

Laughing.

You see it quite often on here too. It used to be much more common with some of us called "tinfoil hatters" and the like until we were proven right about a few things.