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Post by nautonnier on Sept 7, 2020 16:05:38 GMT
One for you Ratty  |
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Post by Ratty on Sept 8, 2020 2:21:34 GMT
One for you Ratty From my travels ....  |
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Post by duwayne on Sept 8, 2020 18:08:05 GMT
From a note forwarded to me.
Gaslighting.....
I've always wondered what "gaslighting" meant. This will tell you how we are being manipulated…..Worth a read!!
Gaslighting....
Have you ever asked yourself, ‘am I crazy?’ If you have ever asked yourself that, you’re not crazy. You’re most likely being gaslighted. Gaslighting is a form of psychological abuse aimed at controlling a person by altering reality to the point where the person will doubt their own sanity.
The term “gaslighting” comes from a 1930’s play called Gas Light. The main character in the play literally tries to drive his wife crazy by gradually dimming the gas-powered lights in their home. When she notices the lights dimming, her husband not only denies that the lights are dimming, he convinces her that she is imagining it to the point where she questions her own sanity.
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 our eyes over what we are told. Never listen to the people who tell you that you are crazy, because you are not, you’re being gaslighted.
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Post by nautonnier on Sept 8, 2020 23:10:58 GMT
I actually acted one of the roles in 'Gas Light' - just after it was written  |
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Post by missouriboy on Sept 9, 2020 0:03:45 GMT
Missouri man goes looking for gas leak with lighted match.
Victim in hospital. (Actual headline from 1940s I believe).
He too was gaslighted.
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Post by nonentropic on Sept 9, 2020 6:43:41 GMT
This is a serious subject ask Willis
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Post by nautonnier on Sept 9, 2020 8:19:14 GMT
This is a serious subject ask Willis It is. But it is also a bit of a stretch to call it all 'gaslighting'. The one problem with a free press is that it is free. This is a real Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? The media are now apart from a few outliers all speaking with one voice as they have all been bought by billionaires who believe they are above the plebians. Many of that group of largely unelected billionaires plus 'old money', international bureaucrats and even royalty are about to meet as the 'World Economic Forum' and try to decide the future of all the world economies. They are rich you see and need not answer to anyone and they own the junkyard dogs that should otherwise be barking but are being fed money. In short the media are no longer the 'free press'. This is completely apparent when suddenly every talking head on every media outlet is using precisely same turn of phrase - e.g. 're-imagining the police'. As if they are not only the same channel but each has the same puppeteer who has got careless and not bothering any more to hide his presence, treating the entire population as if they are NPC. This is a 'can't they eat cake' moment. Most people concentrate on the cake (actually 'brioche') part of that phrase, but the important word in the phrase was 'they'. Marie Antoinette did not consider herself part of the sea of NPCs. You can see this attitude in the social media - the people running Alphabet do not see themselves as equivalent to a farmer in the midwest - they will decide what the farmer thinks and can read. The internet age media that should be free watchers of the leaders of civilization are actually trying to run civilization by modifying access to information, and no-one is watching the watchers. |
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Post by walnut on Sept 9, 2020 15:37:59 GMT
I actually acted one of the roles in 'Gas Light' - just after it was written he manipulated the gas to dim the lights and convinced her she was crazy so that he had time to search for her valuable jewels which he thought were hidden in the attic. |
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Post by walnut on Sept 9, 2020 16:10:18 GMT
"Just after it was written" - wow lol
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Post by walnut on Sept 9, 2020 16:21:14 GMT
I like antique tractor shows. Especially the old steam and also the hit and miss engines.
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Post by walnut on Sept 9, 2020 16:28:32 GMT
My dad had his wrist broke by the crank on an allis chalmers tractor I remember. Don't wrap your thumb around it!
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Post by nautonnier on Sept 9, 2020 18:31:28 GMT
Clearing out found these cuttings....   |
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Post by nautonnier on Sept 12, 2020 9:58:14 GMT
The art of coarse squash...  |
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Post by nautonnier on Sept 12, 2020 10:40:19 GMT
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Post by Ratty on Sept 12, 2020 12:34:44 GMT
The art of coarse squash... I'm fairly sure that is at the Naval & Military Club in Collins Street, Melbourne.  |
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