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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDonald Trump as a “gaslighter”: What we must learn from his manipulative non-apology
Donald Trump as a gaslighter: What we must learn from his manipulative non-apologyby Paul Rosenberg at Salon
http://www.salon.com/2016/10/16/donald-trump-as-a-gaslighter-what-we-must-learn-from-his-manipulative-non-apology/
"SNIP...............
Trumps statement is an eerie replica of psychological manipulations made by abusers after episodes of abuse, McElrath began. Lets break it down. Thats precisely what she did in 15 numbered tweets. McElraths clinical dissection was the only analysis I saw that left me, at the end, feeling completely free of all Trumps slimy tendrils, with a perfectly clear understanding of everything hes tried to do. She began by translating Trumps statement Im not perfect into what we might call its psychological meaning: Your expectations I behave like a human being are unreasonable. McElraths tweets continued:
2. Ive never pretended to be someone Im not = you fell in love with me so its your fault
3. this more than decade old video = it was a long time ago, why the fuss? youre so unreasonable.
4. these words do not reflect who I am = the reality you just experienced didnt actually happen (gaslighting)
5. I said it I apologize = get over it already, I said Im sorry, youre being hysterical
.................SNIP"
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Donald Trump as a “gaslighter”: What we must learn from his manipulative non-apology (Original Post)
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Oct 2016
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Beartracks
(12,814 posts)1. This bit is exactly how I've seen Trump all along:
"Bullshitters seek to convey a certain impression of themselves without being concerned about whether anything at all is true. They quietly change the rules governing their end of the conversation so that claims about truth and falsity are irrelevant."
(emphasis added)
Deliberate liars care about what the truth is, and then try to cover it up. Trump, however, has no real relationship with the truth at all -- he just bullshits. Just so happens -- when you do that, most of what you ends up not being true anyway.
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Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)2. Something's not right with Trump's brain!