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[–] [email protected] 41 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (8 children)

Gaslighting used to be a more colorful, sinister description of the act of manipulation. To be gaslit involved careful reorganization or reassessment of events, often traumatic. Now it’s a synonym for lying. Reminds me of tumblr diminishing “trigger warnings”

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

Gaslighting used to be a more colorful, sinister description of the act of manipulation.

I still maintain that this is the only correct use of the term.

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