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MaryMagdaline

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2. Gaslighting is from an old movie with Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer

Reply to JustABozoOnThisBus (Original post)

Thu Sep 6, 2018, 11:56 AM

Sep 2018

The woman's husband was playing tricks on her to make her seem that she was the crazy one ... lowering the gas lamps to cause changes in the lighting of the house and denying that there was any change in the light ... all types of tricks like that. So, the in the political sense, Republicans denying that there is anything going on; all is normal; we are crazy; we are paranoid.

Ratfuck is from the Donald Segretti days of Watergate. When you play political tricks on your opponent ... ordering 1000 pizzas to your opponent's rally and then getting them stuck with the bill. Stuff like that.

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Can someone explain the words "ratfucking" and "gaslighting"? [View all] JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2018 OP

Google both terms. The definition is the first thing up for both . . . Journeyman Sep 2018 #1

Gaslighting is from an old movie with Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer MaryMagdaline Sep 2018 #2

Passive agressive MaryMagdaline Sep 2018 #3

Thanks to all, I think I'm closer to understanding. JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2018 #8

I specialize in passive aggressive 😊 MaryMagdaline Sep 2018 #9

So does my husband. ;) cynara88 Jul 2019 #12

Gaslighting ariadne0614 Sep 2018 #4

Ratfucking is a Nixonian term revived to describe Karl Rove's methods. byronius Sep 2018 #5

Here's my best 'passive aggressive' example ... mr_lebowski Sep 2018 #6

Passive aggressive. See Melania. gibraltar72 Sep 2018 #7

Gaslighting is like asserting what someone experienced didn't happen JonLP24 Oct 2018 #10

k and r..good examples, and good definitions.. Stuart G Oct 2018 #11