Facebook Follies of Friends and Families

[DGuller]

Conspiracy theories make you feel smart.  You're seeing something that most others are too stupid to see.  If you're a stupid person, then there aren't that many ways to feel smart, and certainly none that are this easy.

[Razgovory]

Fuck, I've wasted 35 years reading books when I could have just subscribed to some conspiracy theories.

[DGuller]

Fuck, I've wasted 35 years reading books when I could have just subscribed to some conspiracy theories.

"Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking."

[The Brain]

Conspiracy theories make you feel smart.  You're seeing something that most others are too stupid to see.  If you're a stupid person, then there aren't that many ways to feel smart, and certainly none that are this easy.

What if you're not stupid? I'm asking for a friend.

[Razgovory]

Fuck, I've wasted 35 years reading books when I could have just subscribed to some conspiracy theories.

"Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking."

Don't ruin that one for me as well!

[Eddie Teach]

Fuck, I've wasted 35 years reading books when I could have just subscribed to some conspiracy theories.

"Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking."

Good thing I stopped in my mid-20s.

[viper37]

Because governments everywhere lack transparency.

did you negotiate your mortgage in the parking lot?  Did your doctor post your test results on a web page accessible to everyone?

There's lot of transparency on things that matter to the public opinion.  But when it comes to negotiations, it's better to keep it to a finite number of people in a small room.  Negotiation a commercial treaty with 30 million people would be nightmarish.  Before it's submitted for a vote, we get to see it and study it.  That's fine by me.

[Syt]

Gene Cooper

Are you being Gaslighted ?

Posted by a friend :
WHAT IS GASLIGHTING?

The term originates in the systematic psychological manipulation of a victim by her husband in Patrick Hamilton's 1938 stage play Gas Light, and the film adaptations released in 1940 and 1944. In the story, the husband attempts to convince his wife and others that she is insane by manipulating small elements of their environment and insisting that she is mistaken, remembering things incorrectly, or delusional when she points out these changes. The play's title alludes to how the abusive husband slowly dims the gas lights in their home, while pretending nothing has changed, in an effort to make his wife doubt her own perceptions. The wife repeatedly asks her husband to confirm her perceptions about the dimming lights, but in defiance of reality, he keeps insisting that the lights are the same and instead it is she who is going insane.

We are living in a perpetual state of gaslighting. The reality that we are being told by the media is at complete odds with what we are seeing with our own two eyes. And when we question the false reality that we are being presented, or we claim that what we see is that actual reality, we are vilified as racist or bigots or just plain crazy. You're not racist. You're not crazy. You're being gaslighted.

New York State has twice as many deaths from Covid-19 than any other state, and New York has accounted for one fifth of all Covid-19 deaths, but we are told that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has handled the pandemic better than any other governor. But if we support policies of Governors whose states had only a fraction of the infections and deaths as New York, we're called anti-science and want people to die. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy? No, you're being gaslighted.

We see mobs of people looting stores, smashing windows, setting cars on fire and burning down buildings, but we are told that these demonstrations are peaceful protests. And when we call this destruction of our cities, riots, we are called racists. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy? No, you're being gaslighted.

We see the major problem destroying many inner-cities is crime; murder, gang violence, drug dealing, drive-by shootings, armed robbery, but we are told that it is not crime, but the police that are the problem in the inner-cities. We are told we must defund the police and remove law enforcement from crime-riddled cities to make them safer. But if we advocate for more policing in cities overrun by crime, we are accused of being white supremacists and racists. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy? No, you're being gaslighted.

The United States of America accepts more immigrants than any other country in the world. The vast majority of the immigrants are "people of color", and these immigrants are enjoying freedom and economic opportunity not available to them in their country of origin, but we are told that the United States is the most racist and oppressive country on the planet, and if we disagree, we are called racist and xenophobic. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy? No, you're being gaslighted.

Capitalist countries are the most prosperous countries in the world The standard of living is the highest in capitalist countries. We see more poor people move up the economic ladder to the middle and even the wealthy class through their effort and ability in capitalist countries than any other economic system in the world, but we are told capitalism is an oppressive system designed to keep people down. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy? No, you're being gaslighted.

Communist countries killed over 100 million people in the 20th century. Communist countries strip their citizens of basic human rights, dictate every aspect of their lives, treat their citizens like slaves, and drive their economies into the ground, but we are told that Communism is the fairest, most equitable, freest and most prosperous economic system in the world. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy? No, you're being gaslighted.

The most egregious example of gaslighting is the concept of "white fragility". You spend your life trying to be a good person, trying to treat people fairly and with respect. You disavow racism and bigotry in all its forms. You judge people solely on the content of their character and not by the color of their skin.

You don't discriminate based on race or ethnicity. But you are told you are a racist, not because of something you did or said, but solely because of the color of your skin. You know instinctively that charging someone with racism because of their skin color is itself racist. You know that you are not racist, so you defend yourself and your character, but you are told that your defense of yourself is proof of your racism. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy? No, you're being gaslighted.

Gaslighting has become one of the most pervasive and destructive tactics in American politics. It is the exact opposite of what our political system was meant to be. It deals in lies and psychological coercion, and not the truth and intellectual discourse. If you ever ask yourself if you're crazy, you are not. Crazy people aren't sane enough to ask themselves if they're crazy. So, trust yourself, believe what's in your heart. Trust your eyes over what you are told. Never listen to the people who tell you that you are crazy, because you are not, you're being gaslighted.

Sophocles said: "What people believe prevails over the truth."

And that's what the media are trying to exploit.

[The Brain]

If they're being told that the Soviet Union was great then maybe they should stop listening to the GOP.

[Duque de Bragança]

More from the Brown Eye.

[Josquius]

Gene Cooper

Are you being Gaslighted ?

Posted by a friend :
WHAT IS GASLIGHTING?


And that's what the media are trying to exploit.

It starts well. Nice to see them waking up to the fact...
Ah no. Its just the typical thing where the Trumpys throw the valid criticisms aimed at them  back the way they came in order to muddy the waters and lessen the effectiveness of this counter-fascist argument.

[DGuller]

It's a tactic Russians perfected.  If you want to know what the Russians are guilty of, listen to what they accuse others of doing and you'll generally have a good idea.

[Tamas]

It's a tactic Russians perfected.  If you want to know what the Russians are guilty of, listen to what they accuse others of doing and you'll generally have a good idea.

Trump and co. are even doing it with the whole dementia angle on Biden. It is quite clearly Trump who is increasingly unable to maintain the mental capacity to even fake his job, yet they accuse Biden with the very same thing.

Which is kind of smart because what option Biden has to cover this topic? Say "no YOU have dementia!"?

[Syt]

[Eddie Teach]

Didn't Sharpton use to be a fat guy?