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@Oregoncharles

Trump could not have been *that surprised that his mob went down there, the man *literally told the mob "You need to fight like hell ..." and later, "I'll be right there with you." Then the consistent coward, (pleading "Bone Spurs" ? ;-D ) turned tail and went back to the White house to watch the whole thing on TV.

Quickly then, the GOQ goes into the childish defense mode right up there with the classic of childish defense mode: "The dog ate my homework", and busts out with:

"y'all didn't *really see what was being clearly broadcast all over the world. It didn't happen, y'all. You were just havin' an acid flash back."

Know what ? The arguably best version of the movie "Gaslight", the Charles Boyer/Ingrid Bergman version, came out in 1944. The youngsters in elite colleges today *are given school credit for sitting around watching "The Honeymooners". Maybe we need to improve their taste in classic movies.

Judging from many entries on this queue, apparently some commenters on the Right have either never *seen "Gaslight", and are thus *themselves victims of the propaganda technique simply repeating what they have heard, and what they want

to believe; or they are busting their humps in a conscious effort to "Gaslight" others.

Attempting to convince the viewing world that they did not *SEE what was being clearly broadcast is just a lame stab out of some class called "Gaslighting 101".

If anybody *does hope to convince others that they didn't see what they *saw, put a little love behind the lies. Put some effort into it ! Get *good at what you are attempting to accomplish. So far, even Goebbels is embarrassed.

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CNNisFakeNews's avatar

"While Fighting the Virus, We Must Fight for Our Rights."

"We Can't Stop Fighting for Our Democracy - The Atlantic"

“Fight for democracy - Hillary Clinton”

Are these all inciting violence Atma? You talking about gaslighting is the funniest shit.

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Atma's avatar

@CNN

I had no doubt that it would go over your head, Slick. Need I remind you

that your comments to me are not welcomed ? I told so awhile ago.

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HBI's avatar

Not knowing what "To the moon, Alice" means or "Hey Ralphie boy!!" has some cultural value at least.

Jackie Gleason was a pretty talented dude.

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Atma's avatar

@HBI

Without question, Jackie was a *master, and a great nostalgic kick from my childhood. He, Art Carney, and Audrey Meadows had perfect comic timing.

The show was great, but the show was *entertainment. Entertainment more than has a place in the human experience, but NOT when one is paying Harvard tuition for watching it, and receiving Harvard Credits that are "equal" to Harvard Credits, in, say quantum physics.

This practice also seriously dumbs-down U.S. Students relative to students from the rest of the globe. Watching B&W TV is what college students used to do while they were *skipping the serious classes that either they, or their parents were paying for.

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