That's not what gaslighting is. Gaslighting is the use of psychological techniques to undermine somebody's self confidence and sense of reality. It was, for a

That's not what gaslighting is. Gaslighting is the use of psychological techniques to undermine somebody's self confidence and sense of reality. It was, for a while, used on social media in a different way: "somebody is saying something I don't agree with, and it's one of my core tenets!" To use it in the latter form demeans the word's underlying complexity and extreme threat.