@lifewithtrees oh that's interesting; thanks for the ref. Apparently you can be manipulative without having a clue about what's going on. It's just a technique, a set of stereotyped responses. I'll buy that, although I still think that "gaslighting" gives us too much credit. Charles Boyer had a specific goal. He wasn't abusing just as a power play.
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It’s so weird seeing American folks worried about the drop in Canadian tourism and saying it’s due to Canadians having “hard feelings” and wondering why we can’t just put them aside. -
It’s so weird seeing American folks worried about the drop in Canadian tourism and saying it’s due to Canadians having “hard feelings” and wondering why we can’t just put them aside.@lifewithtrees American here, and I disagree. "Gaslighting" means it's intentional. I think you're overestimating the intelligence and self-awareness of my fellow countrycreatures. American exceptionalism is the product of a pathological lack of self-knowledge.
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