Steve QJ
1 min readApr 9, 2023

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This only defines gaslighting if the person being encouraged to question their reality has a firm grip on reality. It’s not gaslighting, for example, to point out to somebody who is delusional that they are, in fact, delusional. Even if they believe their delusions are real. Sometimes people misremember or misinterpret or get things flat-out wrong. Acknowledging this is not gaslghting.

As you say, if we have a different interpretation of facts and evidence, one (or perhaps both) of us is likely wrong. But seeing as you refused to even read the evidence I presented, it’s difficult to say how you interpret it, isn’t it?

I have no idea what you've read, obviously, so I can't explain what is different between what I've written and what somebody else has (that should be self evident, no?). But speaking of getting things flat-out wrong, I have, at absolutely no point, even suggested that police brutality doesn't disproportionately affect black people. I'm well aware that it does.

You're arguing with your own imagination. Not anything I’ve written. But presumably it's "gaslighting" for me to point this out...

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