re: I never really grasp term gaslighting (NSFW)

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Not sure who used the term in the mainstream but now its thrown out there improperly in just about every political argument.

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it really came out in the last 4 years, but an easy example is COVID and what the government/media did

- you don't need to wear masks.
- you need to wear masks because they are effective. we just lied so y'all wouldn't buy them all up and deny them healthcare workers.
- we never said the masks were going to stop it 100%

- we need to keep things remote. students can still learn effectively on zoom
- we'll need to keep up remote work/learning for a few more months to stop the spread
- well of course productivity went down and learning was degraded during COVID. we had to do the best with what we had.
- it was actually republicans that stopped us from getting back to school and work. we the teachers union and government were doing everything possible to get kids back in the classroom.


-we have a vaccine. it is safe and will stop this virus in it's tracks. it will stop transmission and we can get on with your lives.
- you'll need to come in for a third booster
- we're going to mandate the vaccine for you to keep employment
- we never said it was going to be 100% effective
- we never said it was going to stop transmission
- sorry you lost your job, we didn't make you take the vaccine though.


or another example:

- nobody is trying to show your kids sex in the classroom. stop trying to burn books, you puritans
- that was one teacher in one classroom and he was suspended.
- it was one library and a few books.
- it's good for kids to have multiple options of gender and sexuality. they're not graphic.
- yes those 5 books were graphic but there's no reason to throw out every book because of it.
- you're just a book burner and want to remove everything that isn't about straight white christians and you want to pretend slavery didn't exist.