What Happens When You Add Projection to Gaslighting

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by Nancy LeTourneau at the Washington Monthly

http://washingtonmonthly.com/2017/06/29/what-happens-when-you-add-projection-to-gaslighting/

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Just as Trump has weaponized the whole concept of “fake news” to attack the media for holding him accountable, right-wingers who defend his lies are now claiming that the media’s attempts to get to the truth are the reason we’re so divided. But not only that. They suggest that it is the media who have become the source of chaos and uncertainty. Here is a video of right winger Cheryl Attkisson doing basically the same thing. The NRA has produced a threatening ad with a similar message.

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To gas light is to psychologically manipulate a person to the point where they question their own sanity, and that’s precisely what Trump is doing to this country. He gained traction in the election by swearing off the lies of politicians, while constantly contradicting himself, often without bothering to conceal the conflicts within his own sound bites. He lied to us over and over again, then took all accusations of his falsehoods and spun them into evidence of bias.

At the hands of Trump, facts have become interchangeable with opinions, blinding us into arguing amongst ourselves, as our very reality is called into question.

The reason people like Stuckey and Attkisson are taking that gaslighting to a whole new level is that they are adding projection to the mix. In other words, they’re taking what we’ve all observed about Trump’s behavior and projecting it onto those who would hold him accountable.


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1. Excellent article

Recommended reading, thanks for this!