Beware! A politician may be gaslighting you

Politicians are especially good at gaslighting. Some political leaders feed the people with fake news or wrong information and try to convince them it is true. – 123rf.com

“GASLIGHTING”, Merriam-Webster’s official word of the year for 2022, captures the feeling we’ve had about our politicians for a long time now.

What is it exactly? Evan Hecht, writing in USA Today, offers a concise definition: gaslighting is “a form of manipulation where the manipulator attempts to make their victim believe what’s happening to them isn’t actually happening and their reality is untrue.”