Then I am confused about Post 17.

Only that I don't usually listen to what the President of any party says on TV but Obama was a special case where I actively avoided hearing him.

 

Then I am confused about Post 17.

either that... or you're being gaslighted...

 

OK let's get off the political.


We have a saying here. Red up. As in "I need to red up the living room, company will be arriving soon". Apparently it is from the Pennsylvanian Dutch "to make ready".

 

That comparison is not even close. Obama addressed the public With about 10 press conferences per year. Trump doesn't stop talking or tweeting.

Well at least he won't be keeping us in the dark about what's going on and what he thinks is wrong. That far more than I can say about any president in my lifetime.

Kinda hard to accuse a guy who won't shut up of keeping secrets.

Personally I am not going judge a damn thing he does until he proves he is actually worse than his predecessors. Until then he's the new guy with zero political track record good or bad period.

 

This thread is about the term "Gas Lighting" and other unusual terms. Stop trying to turn every freaking thread into a discussion on politics.

 

I know how you feel after the last 8 years of doing that.

So it would be correct to say please gaslight me and tell me I didn't listen to 45 seconds of this video?

 

I guess this is going to be the pattern here for the future.
All off topic posts end up being US politics.
Max.

 

So it would be correct to say please gaslight me and tell me I didn't listen to 45 seconds of this video?

Better than a Rick Roll.

 

This thread is about the term "Gas Lighting" and other unusual terms. Stop trying to turn every freaking thread into a discussion on politics.

The Thread Starter can ask the Mods to punt the politics, and they will.

 

MaxHeadRoom said:

Purportedly to have origins in Yiddish gezumph ‘overcharge. According to Wiki it might well be from South West England, possibly Dorset, yokel dialect.

 

MaxHeadRoom said:

Purportedly to have origins in Yiddish gezumph ‘overcharge. According to Wiki it might well be from South West England, possibly Dorset, yokel dialect.

Regardless of origin, it has nothing to do with Gaslighting. The topic is "Gaslighting", so take your word that has a similar-sounding first syllable with you as you move along.

 

1940 British production

 

Ok, I'll give myself a shit point for this one but geez! Really? That's the first "Press Conference?"

Here is the issue...
Obama...............................................Trump


And the parade route. No wonder he kept getting into his car and zooming through certain sections of the route.

 

Come on man! You started a fun thread. Why does every thread need to turn political? I realize it is your thread but geeze. Post to a new thread maybe? Or that endless one?

Don't make me block you man!

 

We're definitely witnessing the beginning of the post-truth era:

"This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period," Spicer said, contradicting all available data.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/21/media/sean-spicer-press-secretary-statement/index.html

 

Come on man! You started a fun thread. Why does every thread need to turn political? I realize it is your thread but geeze. Post to a new thread maybe? Or that endless one?

Don't make me block you man!

It's on topic. Your being gaslighted by the guy at the microphone.

 

We're definitely witnessing the beginning of the post-truth era:

Not even close. The guys today are rank amateurs.

He was a master.

 

@GopherT
Congratulation on your word. I heard it on TV about an hour ago.

 

Not even close. The guys today are rank amateurs.

He was a master.

What? The point is, they are actually TRYING. If they are gaslighting the size of the inauguration crowd, what are they going to do with information that is not available to the general public? Not telling us about terror threats (when they exist) or telling us about terror threats (when they don't exist).

Why are they trying? If your answer is, "everybody does it", then I'm even more scared that Trump's crew is SO BAD at it!

PS: Best line of the day, "Inauguration crowds were smaller than Trump's hands".

 

Why are they trying? If your answer is, "everybody does it", then I'm even more scared that Trump's crew is SO BAD at it!.

Yes, they are very, very BAD at it and it just about proves they had almost no capability to pull-off some overreaching master planned conspiracy to rig the election using secret Russia help because they would have screwed it up so badly it would obvious to even untrained eyes.