The term originates in the systematic psychological manipulation of a victim by her husband in Patrick Hamilton's 1938 play Gas Light (film adaptations released in 1940 & 44). In the story, the husband attempts to convince his wife and others that she's insane by manipulating small elements of their environment and insisting she's remembering things incorrectly or delusional when she points out the changes.
The play's title alludes to how the abusive husband slowly dims the gas lights in their home but pretends 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 dimmed lights, but in defiance of reality, he keeps insisting the lights are the same - and that she is going insane.
These days, we're living in a perpetual state of gaslighting. 'Reality' that the media reports is at complete odds with what we see with our own eyes. When we question the false reality they present, or claim what WE see is 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 1/5 of all Covid-19 deaths, yet we're told that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo handled the pandemic better than any other governor. But if we support policies of Governors whose states had only a fraction of the cases and deaths as New York, we're called anti-science and 'want people to die'.
So, are we crazy? No, we're being gaslighted.
We see mobs of people looting stores, smashing windows, setting cars on fire and burning down buildings, but we're told these demonstrations are peaceful protests. And when we call this destruction of our cities riots, we are called racists.
Are we crazy? No, we're being gaslighted.
We see the problems destroying many inner-cities: murder, gang violence, drug-dealing, drive-by shootings, armed robbery, etc. But we are told that police are the problem in the inner-cities. We're told we must defund the police and remove law enforcement from crime-riddled cities to make them safer. If we advocate for more policing in cities overrun by crime, we are accused of being white supremacists and racists.
Are we crazy? No, we're being gaslighted.
The USA 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 USA is the most racist and oppressive country on the planet, and if we disagree, we are called racist and xenophobic.
Are we crazy? No, we'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're told capitalism is an oppressive system designed to keep people down.
Are we crazy? No, we'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, treating 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. Yet you're told you're a racist, not because of something you thought, said or did, 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 you are not racist, so you defend yourself and your character. But you're told your defense of yourself is proof of your racism.
Are you crazy? No, you're being gaslighted.
Gaslighting has become one of the most pervasive and destructive tactics in Western politics. It's the exact opposite of what the Western system was meant to be. It deals in lies and psychological coercion, not the truth and intellectual discourse. If you ever ask yourself if you're crazy, you aren't.
Crazy people aren't sane enough to ask themselves if they're crazy. That's why politicians never question themselves. So, trust yourself. Believe what's in your heart. Trust your eyes over what you're told. Never listen to the people who tell you you're crazy, because you aren't.
You're being gaslighted.
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In a fair world, even in a merely reasonable world (which sadly doesn't exist much anymore) the above would win some news editorial award - and though it won't, it is truly FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT!
Amen! Kudos!
R.C.
The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. (2 Thessalonians 2:9-12)
Journalist Millie Weaver Arrested, Charged With 'Burglary', Just as She Releases ShadowGate Documentary Exposing Deep State Activities - UPDATE
Investigative reporter Millie Weaver and her husband have reportedly been arrested at the same time her documentary on the US "shadow government" was being screened on YouTube, sending...I know several people who cling to their favored coping mechanism, "Lie to yourself and make-believe REALLY hard that everything is different than what it is."
-It seemed harmless enough when people were able to go off and pretend in private, but with the Quickening of the World is at hand, (as the Wave rises), their harmless coping mechanism has less space for itself to function, and begins very seriously to slosh over into the shared reality we all inhabit. Honestly! I don't know how all that crazy was able to co-habitate before. Either the energetic space has shrunk, or the energy itself has enlarged. (Probably the second option).
If you disagree with the make-believe dogma, or merely look askew at any of its many (many) structurally inevitable points of contradiction, why, they'll nail you to a cross right smart quick!
Every friend I've lost over the last fifteen years has been due to their lacking the strength to face up to Objective Reality. Rather they should cling to lies than admit error, or (horrors!) face up to the fact that the universe isn't what they wish it was and never will be.
Wishful Thinkers Will Be Prosecuted.
At that time, you were laughing ...
As calls for dramatic reforms of U.S. police departments have swept the country in recent months, several of Silicon Valley’s largest companies have tried to salvage their image by asserting that they will no longer sell their facial recognition software to police departments. Among these companies is Amazon, which decided to place a one-year pause on the sale of its software “Rekognition” to U.S. police departments in early June.
At the time the moratorium was announced, The New York Times noted that “the announcement was a striking change for Amazon…” due to the fact that, “more than other big technology companies, Amazon has resisted calls to slow its deployment.” Amazon’s resistance to the widespread adoption of its facial recognition software gained notoriety after a study found that Rekognition falsely tied 28 members of Congress, most of whom were politicians of color, to mugshots, causing critics to accuse Amazon’s product of both racial bias and inaccuracy.
However, what The Times and other outlets failed to pick up on, then and now, is the fact that Amazon’s Rekognition is still being supplied to U.S. police, despite its official moratorium. Indeed, U.S. law enforcement agencies are still being offered Amazon’s facial recognition software by a NGO partnered with Amazon that was created by actor Ashton Kutcher, who frequently co-invests with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
That NGO, called “Thorn,” continues to supply the controversial software to law enforcement agencies around the country under the guise of helping police “combat child trafficking.” Thorn’s role in supplying such software to law enforcement despite moratoriums is also notable because its founder Ashton Kutcher has publicly and “tearfully” supported Black Lives Matter amid the recent protests that provoked Amazon’s moratorium on sales of Rekognition to police in the first place. In addition, Kutcher is also a major investor, alongside Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, in a company that supplies AI-powered software to law enforcement agencies, further undermining Kutcher’s professed support for ending racial inequities in policing.
Yet, further investigation into Thorn casts even greater doubt on its professed altruistic objectives, given the organization’s ties to CIA cut-outs, Wall Street banks and another “anti-child trafficking” organization that was launched by Hillary Clinton and Cherie Blair, the wife of former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair. (continued link above)
"...As the Jeffrey Epstein scandal uncovered and the Dutroux Affair, before it, members of the elite have gotten away with abusing and trafficking children for years, often with direct assistance from the very governments and institutions tasked with protecting those children. Thorn’s Spotlight, developed by CIA-linked and CIA-funded tech companies with questionable track records when it comes to child pornography, seems to serve purposes beyond helping police rescue trafficked children. With the CIA’s own ties to sex trafficking operations and its decades-long lack of accountability for those crimes, it’s safe to assume that Thorn’s Spotlight fails to shine a light on the children abused by intelligence-linked sexual trafficking operations..."
As Reported On Whitney Webb's site above (and was subsequently attacked, hacked, had the article removed, & having to resubmit it afterwards...)Well said.
"...As the Jeffrey Epstein scandal uncovered and the Dutroux Affair, before it, members of the elite have gotten away with abusing and trafficking children for years, often with direct assistance from the very governments and institutions tasked with protecting those children. Thorn’s Spotlight, developed by CIA-linked and CIA-funded tech companies with questionable track records when it comes to child pornography, seems to serve purposes beyond helping police rescue trafficked children. With the CIA’s own ties to sex trafficking operations and its decades-long lack of accountability for those crimes, it’s safe to assume that Thorn’s Spotlight fails to shine a light on the children abused by intelligence-linked sexual trafficking operations..."
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Zuckerberg declares Trump will NOT be recognized President-Elect on election night - vows to censor election information
Zuckerberg is very much tied for the title of 'Public Enemy Number 1', with Bill Gates and George Soros. In a disturbing round of interviews that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg conducted with two...RC
No doubt an argument could be made that one depends on the other but I think that is a correlative rather than causative relationship. It depends ultimately on one's presuppositions. In the current furore there is clearly a political benefit in preferring the causative presupposition with all its well established historical baggage. It is certainly more emotionally appealing even though a better and more factually supported argument can be made for correlation.
Sadly many are suffering terrible losses, including many lives, due to this deliberate decision by the organizers of the mayhem to frame the events politically for their own purposes. "O what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive."
Point is; 700 Air tankers for the US Airforce, and here they say they need 8,000 jumbo jets? More than a little suspect. They don't need a single plane. We have all the planes already. This could only be a cover story. A story greasing the rails about where money will supposedly go.
Look at the status of Boeing Aircraft. This is a possible story being laid down which would essentially be the basis for a bailout of a failed aircraft company.
The other option (more likely in my opinion) is most or all of it would be going to fund black projects. Specifically the off world break away civilization. The whole thing is criminal ya know. The disease, the whole entire thing, and this here is more than excessive, it's not even remotely realistic. Eight Thousand Jumbo Jets' my rear, talk about filling the britches of billionaires with free money...wheweee...stinks to high heaven.
How is the 8K relevant? THANKS!
Can you name any commenters or links which you feel have value?
(I know that, sadly, even here at SOTT, some people minimize, denigrate, 'poo poo' the entire Chemtrail issue, and I've yet to hear a legitimate explanation for what I've seen, even including SOTT's standard increased particulates due to us entering an area where there are more bits or particles of matter, etc.) I am aware of parzival's Dane Wigginton (sp?) site.
THANKS!
R.C.
Chemtrail deniers are delusional and dangerous people who don't want to deal with reality. You can't make someone be brave, or want to find the truth, or do anything else. All you can do is to inspire them to want to be better. If they want to be weak and deny that these planes are spraying carbon waste mixed with assorted (proven by recovery of said spray trailings) various heavy and toxic metals, known to be extremely detrimental to the environment and to our own lives, and which are undoubtedly closely linked to firestorms now seen on unprecented levels (remember I'm old and this is unrecorded-unknown levels of fires...not by me, nor by my parents, nor by their parents in the states of Washington/Idaho/Montana/Oregon/California) This is a direct result of the chemtrails. Aluminum is a well know pyrotechnical compound found in chemtrails and now the levels of aluminum are so great in the soil and in the foliage that there can be no denial that the forest fires are being fueled by and as a direct result of this purposeful destruction.
The planet is being engineered to enslave without regard to the cost in lives or the extinctions it's causing. Denial of this manifest fact is unquestionably the greatest sin and crime a human could possibly commit.
If I think of anything I'll let you know
However,up close, they were made from super fine iridescent filaments which looked like what pictures of folks with Morgellon's disease show. I should have saved some examples of it but did not.
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The rich are building a space civilization and their plan is to make this in to a slave planet. Yea, I know...sounds like science fiction lunacy but examine the evidence and what else can one conclude? Part of the slave scheme is to be able to track all of us which is where the vaccine pandemic comes in. A lot of this is being shown in the Denver Airport's so called artwork. You can see there space based antenna for tracking/weather modification ect.
Main thing is what's happened over the last 70 years is directly a result of the achievement of gravity control, and that can be tracked back to the Vril Saucers which the Nazi's successfully developed. There's zero doubt about this in my mind btw, and actually this gravity control is way simpler than one might imagine. I explain in my thread how Otto Schumman (designer of the so-called Schumann levitator) works. I'm relatively sure my analysis is close at the very least. Work is on-going
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It does get lonely out here at times, eh?
Also, I've saved that link. Thanks.
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I've been thinking of joining Cassiopaea just to forward this information so that it's in more places. Ya see my friend, once people have this there's no going back and don't ya think the people who own the gas stations and power meter's don't know that too...
I'm gonna go there now and set up an account and maybe launch a discussion thread in the next day or two. See me there.
e.g. Those who are accusing others of racism are in reality the racists.
"Racism: a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
Also called institutional racism: a policy, system of government, etc., based upon or fostering such a doctrine, as promoted by the dominant group in a society to preserve the continued dominance of that group; racial discrimination.hatred or intolerance of another race or other races.
Hatred or intolerance of another race or other races."
The first two definitions self evidently do not apply in the United States unless the policy of affirmative action could be included, which makes distinctions based on race for employment purposes and favours minority groups. There are indeed, equally self evidently, individual cases of racist thinking and behaviour but these are more often seen among minority groups. The third definition fits the present situation very well when white people are being vilified, even by other white people, purely on account of the colour of their skin.
It is a very bizarre state of mind in my opinion, even bordering on mental illness. So, as I have said, what is at work in the present situation is the welll known phenomenon of Projection.
Fits Sott commentators as well, goes on everywhere and at all levels. As above So below.
slain, they have already been put to their deaths by my arrangement, ... but you can be but an instrument in the fight... therefore kill them do not be disturbed... simply fight and you will vanquish your enemies in battle. B. Gita
No doubt an argument could be made that one depends on the other but I think that it is a correlative rather than causative relationship. It depends ultimately on one's presuppositions.
In the current furore there is clearly a political benefit in preferring the causative presupposition with all its well established historical baggage. It is certainly more emotionally appealing even though a better and more factually supported argument can be made for correlation. Noisy, hot emotion in today's societies however will always drown out cool, calm reason.
Sadly many are suffering terrible losses, including many lives, due to this deliberate decision by the organizers of the mayhem to frame the events politically for their own purposes. "O what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive."
That the twin towers were a gravity collapse, is the nearest thing to a perfect example of 'gas-lighting' that I can think ofWell, they were a 'gravity collapse'; that's what happens when you blow the props out from under stuff :-)
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*It does sound like Dave McGowan, (although I don't think it was his), but that's super high praise.
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We have the same in France : a bus driver slaughtered for asking a kid to wear his mask, and the medias go like "are these kids getting a bit too wild ?".
I think it's a general movement : we are all being gaslighted.
The question then is : what for ?
The question then is : what for ?The money, the power-over it confers, the 'ability' to do whatever The Haters damned well please and complete control over your every thought, action and interaction
It's simple really . . .
Now, wear your damned
Years ago it was up on YouTube, complete but I don't know if it's still there. Maybe YT pulled it bc it didn't jibe w/their bogus 'community guidelines'; which has to be racis' gaslighting of the first order, but never mind.
It's all over torrent sites in any case.