Gaslighting: 2022’S Word of the Year

December 23, 2022 Realist Report Leave a comment

• American public subject to constant psychological manipulation
• Thank you to my friend John Friend, for posting this at https://therealistreport.com/gaslighting-2022s-word-of-the-year/

Merriam-Webster, America’s oldest dictionary publisher, which was founded in 1831, revealed its “Word of the Year for 2022.” Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2022 was “gaslighting,” which is a term that is used to describe a severe form of psychological manipulation. Since the beginning of 2022, the term “Gaslighting” has been used more frequently to describe the way the way that America’s political and media establishment abuse and exploit the public.

Merriam-Webster defines the word “Gaslighting’ as psychological manipulation that is carried out against one or more people, and usually performed over an extended period of time so that the targeted victims question the validity of their own thoughts, perception of reality, or memories. When done effectively, Gaslighting results in confusion, loss of confidence, diminished self-esteem, and doubts concerning the targeted person or group’s own emotional or mental stability. The word is alternatively defined as a psychological manipulation technique that is designed to “grossly mislead or deceive (someone else), especially for one’s own personal advantage.”

Gaslighting can be accurately described as inverting reality, or literally telling a target audience the exact opposite of what is true. When Gaslighting is expertly applied by the mass media and political establishment, it can effectively manipulate the public to believe particular narratives and agendas, often against their own best interest.

“In this age of misinformation—of ‘fake news,’ along with conspiracy theories, Twitter trolls, and Deepfakes — gaslighting has emerged as a word for our time,” Merriam-Webster explained when announcing the “Word of the Year for 2022.” Peter Sokolowski, who is the editor-at-large for Merriam-Webster, noted that searches for the word gaslighting rose by 1,740% in 2022 alone.

“It’s a word that has risen so quickly in the English language, and especially in the last four years, so the increased use of this word has actually come as a surprise to me and many of us,” Sokolowski said.

Perhaps the American public is catching on to the techniques that are commonly used by the mass media and political establishment to deceive, exploit, and manipulate? 2022 marked a year of endless gaslighting about a variety of topics including war in the Ukraine, Covid-19 vaccines, the threat of “White Supremacy” along with pearl-clutching about “Domestic Terrorism” and related matters.

Gaslighting against the American public appears to know no bounds. The public has been lied to — deliberately and consciously — about myriad subjects for a variety of reasons. Some particularly egregious examples of gaslighting in 2022  include:

• The 2020 elections were the “most secure” elections in history, when in reality countless problems plagued the process raising a variety of issues that call into question the legitimacy of the entire election.
• The events on Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol were an “insurrection,” when in reality they were a largely peaceful and chaotic expression of protest against the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election.
• “White Supremacists” and “Domestic Extremists” pose the greatest threat to the American people, when in reality virtually all cases of “Domestic Extremism” are in fact manufactured by the Deep State and by extension federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
• America’s borders “are secure,” as Alejandro Mayorkas, the Homeland Security Secretary, has insisted, when in reality record numbers of illegals and other migrants crossed the U.S. border in 2022 alone.
• Unlimited and unwavering U.S. support for Ukraine is about “protecting democracy,” when in reality the U.S. is engaged in a proxy war against Russia for geopolitical influence.
• Russia is an “aggressor nation,” when in reality Russia’s political leadership worked for years to peacefully and respectfully resolve the brewing conflict that was festering across provinces in the eastern Ukraine, only to be ignored and sabotaged by the warmongering Jewish “Neocons” who were and still are controlling the foreign policy of the U.S.A.
• Covid-19 vaccines are “safe and effective,” when in reality they do not even protect an individual from getting Covid-19 and there have been countless examples of severe, often debilitating side effects that result from using the rushed-to-market vaccines for this questionable disease.
• The “Great Replacement” is a baseless, anti-Semitic conspiracy theory, when in reality the systematic displacement of the traditional ethnic demographic of the United States and Western Europe is a state-sanctioned policy that takes the form of massive Third World immigration.
• There is an “epidemic of anti-Semitism” in the U.S., when in reality Jews are the most protected minority in the country and and they wield tremendous influence in politics, media, banking, finance, and other important sectors of society.
• (Note on the last bullet point by James Rouse: One friend of mine who is an older gentleman ran for mayor in a Southern California municipality back in 2000, and he was offered unlimited media and financial support from the ADL and AIPAC, but taking their money and media support meant that he would be forced to do the bidding of these orgainziagtuons after getting elected. The point to note is that anyone who is running for a political office in the Zio-American Empire will get pretty much unlimited support and media exposure if they align themselves with AIPAC and the ADL, and this is true whether someone is seeking to run for the role of a local city ward representative or if they are seeking a bid for the U.S. Senate. However, once these aspiring politicians who take the ADL or AIPAC’s 13 pieces of silver are in office, then they are then effectively working for these two well-funded Jewish organizations.)

There are, of course, other examples of gaslighting one could cite in a year of endless psychological manipulation and outright falsification of reality by the elite political and media figures in America. The fact that gaslighting is the “Word of the Year for 2022” is a profound reflection on American society.

Guest post by

Brian Ruhe
(Brian is the founder and the original president of The Thule Society website thulesociety.com)