re: Gaslighting - Most vague phrase ever?

All true, but critical theory can be used as a technique for perspective, and perhaps illuminating underlying motivations. For instance, Prof Kennedy reaches many of the same conclusions about the power structures of the legal system ( and the incestuous schools that feed them) as many posters do here based on instinct and observation. Critical Legal Studied just applies a formalism on the analysis

It can, and does, lead to solipsism and absurdity, but if used artfully can also provide another lens on which to evaluate