Stephanie Sarkis posted a concise and useful analysis, "Gaslighting: Know It and Identify It to Protect Yourself" at Psychology Today. "Gaslighting is a manipulation tactic used to gain power," Sarkis writes there, "And it works too well." She enumerates and explains eleven gaslighting techniques. Each of these techniques could be illustrated with a video clip or tweet from Resident Dump but for now I will just post the list, abstracted from Sarkis's article:
1. They tell you blatant lies.See also The War on Facts Is a War on Democracy at BillMoyers.com. "But it’s not just absence of facts that’s troubling; it is the apparent effort to derail science and the pursuit of facts themselves."
2. They deny they ever said something, even though you have proof.
3. They use what is near and dear to you as ammunition.
4. They wear you down over time.
5. Their actions do not match their words.
6. They throw in positive reinforcement to confuse you.
7. They know confusion weakens people.
8. They project.
9. They try to align people against you.
10. They tell you or others that you are crazy.
11. They tell you everyone else is a liar.
You are making stuff up
ReplyDelete1. They tell you blatant lies.....Stated Johnny Depp has been accused of hitting his wife and wondered why no protest. THIS IS TRUE.
2. They deny they ever said something, even though you have proof...You deleted the proof but not denying.
3. They use what is near and dear to you as ammunition....I did not know Johnny Depp was so dear to you.
4. They wear you down over time...two posts wear you down? Seem you are lethargic.
5. Their actions do not match their words....what actions?
6. They throw in positive reinforcement to confuse you....no positive reinforcement for a free speech denier. I think you are a coward.
7. They know confusion weakens people....does not apply
8. They project....nope.
9. They try to align people against you....nope
11. They tell you everyone else is a liar....nope.
So you are full of shit and calling people who disagree with you gaslighters. You are just a whiny useless piece of shit and I wont bother reading your crap or replying.
Haha! Anonymous has scored! Here I was going to delete all his posts and he goes and posts a perfect illustration of the gaslighter's modus operandi. So I have to leave it up. Oh my.
ReplyDeleteLet's hope he keeps his threat to not read or reply.