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The film 'Gaslight' had Ingrid Bergman starring, so not exactly an obscure film. The plot was about what you'd expect. It came out in 1944. But, hey, if you wa
by mikestew 6y ago
The film 'Gaslight' had Ingrid Bergman starring, so not exactly an obscure film. The plot was about what you'd expect. It came out in 1944.
But, hey, if you want to exclude arguments because of one "modern" trigger word, I doubt anyone will stand in your way.
- dekhn 6y agoI know the origin of the word and its history. Its usage has increased tremendously in the past few years. I think we've reached the point where people should push back on invalid usage; I see somebody just posted the following to Hacker News: https://thingofthings.wordpress.com/2020/11/16/hermeneutical-injustice-not-gaslighting/ https://thingofthings.wordpress.com/2020/11/16/hermeneutical... It is not gaslighting when someone contradicts you, or intentionally causes you to doubt your beliefs, or leaves you uncertain of what you believe, or even makes you think that they think you are crazy. Gaslighting is about someone lying to you in a way that causes you to lose trust in your own capabilities as a rational person: your ability to reason, your competence to figure out the truth, your capacity to remember things in a broadly accurate fashion even if you are sometimes fuzzy on details, your knowledge of your own feelings and thoughts and desires. And if your mind is unreliable… well, you’ll have to rely on someone else.
- jshevek 6y agoThe prior history of the word is irrelevant to the point that was made about its recent usage.