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Re:Peter Thiel Says British Affection for NHS Is Stockholm S... by epakai on Friday January 20, 2023 @07:11PM (#34462144)
Peter Thiel's opinion of actual citizen's feelings on the NHS is gaslighting.
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Re:Peter Thiel Says British Affection for NHS Is Stockholm S... by sph on Friday January 20, 2023 @07:27PM (#34462287)
An ultra-capitalist billionaire doing PR and saying bollocks to a journo is not gaslighting. It's just bollocks. Stop misusing that word.
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Re:Peter Thiel Says British Affection for NHS Is Stockholm S... by TheAtomic on Friday January 20, 2023 @07:29PM (#34462318)
Have you heard the joke about gaslighting?
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Re:Peter Thiel Says British Affection for NHS Is Stockholm S... by sph on Friday January 20, 2023 @07:31PM (#34462345)
You've told me that joke already. Please stop.
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Re:Peter Thiel Says British Affection for NHS Is Stockholm S... by TheAtomic on Friday January 20, 2023 @07:52PM (#34462512)
No I haven't.
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Re:Peter Thiel Says British Affection for NHS Is Stockholm S... by epakai on Friday January 20, 2023 @11:01PM (#34463751)
If not it is getting pretty close.

[ ] emotional abuse [x] false narrative [x] make people question their own judgement or perception

It's clearly a case of someone in power using their reach to manipulate public opinion. Anyway, I find the term of Stockholm Syndrome equally misused here. I was responding in-kind.

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