Clarence Page: Time to turn off the gas in political ‘gaslighting’
Rolling Stone writer Miles Klee apparently agrees.“ We already had the Year of Gaslighting,” writes Klee, who prefers 2016 as the low point for gaslighting— when“ Donald Trump ran for president frequently denying he’ d said things he’ s been recorded saying the day before.”. I first ran across the term“ gaslighting” in 2016 in, of all places, Teen Vogue in a biting and widely...
by Clarence Page, Tribune Content Agency
Dec 02, 2022
2 minutes
It’s not hard to understand why Merriam-Webster, the dictionary giant, chose “gaslighting” as their “word of the year” for 2022. I was only surprised that it took so long.
Rolling Stone writer Miles Klee apparently agrees. “We already had the Year of Gaslighting,” writes Klee, who prefers 2016 as the low point for gaslighting — when “Donald Trump ran for president frequently denying he’d said things he’s been recorded saying
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