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‘Brazen gaslighting’: J.D. Vance slammed for telling Dems ‘tone down the rhetoric’
(www.rawstory.com)
this post was submitted on 17 Sep 2024
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No, not at all. It's one of the most incorrectly used words, usually just as a synonym for lying. This is especially egregious as it's being used as a synonym for hypocrisy.
I just feel when words change to mean different things very rapidly in society, words no longer have meaning and communication is shut down.
This word isn’t even 100 years old, and its origin is quite documented. In fact, it’s a literal reference to the title of a play/movie.
Imagine changing the term “stepford wife” to mean something like powerful married woman who takes charge of her life.
It doesn't bother me so much because I am pretty good at figuring out what people mean from context.
But, and this is quite judgey, it does lead me to believe the person is not much of a thinker and almost certainly not much concerned with researching to make sure what they've heard is actually the truth.