Ghastly Gaslighting

We are living in a perpetual state of gaslighting. The reality that we are being told by the media is at complete odds with what we are seeing with our own two eyes.

With the recommendation of a Frederick R. Smith Speaks subscriber to repost, here is an oldie but goodie. Enjoy six new and entertaining examples at the bottom as well as a few interspaced visual treats. Reading the content, and pondering the subsequent 12 months of events, proves without a doubt that we live in the equivalent of an illusion. Enjoy my extra-matrix friends!

The term gaslighting originates in the systematic psychological manipulation of a victim by her husband in Patrick Hamilton’s 1938 victorian stage play Gas Light (two words). The first adaptation is the 1940 British psychological thriller Gaslight (one word) film directed by Thorold Dickinson, starring Anton Walbrook, Diana Wynyard, and Frank Pettingell. This 1940 film adheres more closely to the original play – Patrick Hamilton’s Gas Light (1938) – than the MGM remake Gaslight (1944). First produced in the US as a Broadway play called “Angel Street,” the MGM 1944 motion picture remake also used the 1940 title “Gaslight.”

In an Oscar-nominated screen debut (Supporting Actress), directed by George Cukor, the 1944 MGM version starred Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Joseph Cotten, and 18-year-old Angela Lansbury in an Oscar-nominated screen debut (Supporting Actress). It had a larger scale and budget than the earlier film, and it lends a different feel to the material. This 1944 MGM version was initially titled The Murder in Thornton Square in the UK to avoid confusion with the 1940 film. The 1944 film features numerous deviations from the original “Gas Light” stage play. However, the central drama remains of a husband trying to drive his wife insane to distract her from his criminal activities.

The following text (Part One) is floating around on the internet, and the author is unknown. Because of its potency, Your Author has taken the liberty of reposting it here. Part Two contains additional gaslighting experienced by Your Author.

Part One - Author Unknown

Note: Originally published on September 27, 2020, by Frederick R. Smith Speaks, this section of the essay later appeared on a web page by Martin Mawyer, along with the name John Andrew Lang, on January 11, 2021. Unless additional information about the original author becomes available, it will remain “Unknown.”

Have you ever asked yourself, ‘am I crazy?’ If you have ever asked yourself that, you’re not crazy. You’re most likely being gaslighted. Gaslighting is a form of psychological abuse aimed at controlling a person by altering reality to the point where they will doubt their sanity.

We are living in a perpetual state of gaslighting. The reality that the media are telling us is at complete odds with what we see with our own two eyes. And when we question the false reality that we are being presented with or claim that what we see is that actual reality, we are vilified as racist or bigots or just plain crazy. You’re not racist. You’re not crazy. You’re being gaslighted.

New York State has twice as many deaths from Covid-19 than any other state, and New York has accounted for one-fifth of all Covid-19 deaths, but we are told New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has handled the pandemic better than any other governor. But if we support policies of Governors whose states had only a fraction of the infections and deaths as New York, we’re called anti-science and want people to die. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy? No, you’re being gaslighted.

We see mobs of people looting stores, smashing windows, setting cars on fire, and burning down buildings, but we are told that these demonstrations are peaceful protests. And when we call this destruction of our cities riots, we are called racists. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy? No, you’re being gaslighted.

We see the major problem destroying many inner-cities is a crime; murder, gang violence, drug dealing, drive-by shootings, armed robbery, but we are told that it is not a crime, but the police that are the problem in the inner-cities. We are told we must defund the police and remove law enforcement from crime-riddled cities to make them safer. But if we advocate for more policing in cities overrun by crime, we are accused of being white supremacists and racists. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy? No, you’re being gaslighted.

The United States of America accepts more immigrants than any other country in the world. The vast majority of the immigrants are “people of color,” and these immigrants enjoy the freedom and economic opportunity not available to them in their country of origin. Still, we are told that the United States is the most racist and oppressive country on the planet, and if we disagree, we are called racist and xenophobic. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy? No, you’re being gaslighted.

Capitalist countries are the most prosperous countries in the world. The standard of living is the highest in capitalist countries. We see more poor people move up the economic ladder to the middle and wealthy class through their effort and ability in capitalist countries than in any other financial system globally. Still, we are told capitalism is an oppressive system designed to keep people down. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy? No, you’re being gaslighted.

Communist countries killed over 100 million people in the 20th century. Communist countries strip their citizens of basic human rights, dictate every aspect of their lives, treat their citizens as slaves, and drive their economies into the ground. Still, we are told that Communism is the fairest, most equitable, most accessible, and most prosperous economic system globally. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy? No, you’re being gaslighted.

The most egregious example of gaslighting is the concept of “white fragility.” You spend your life trying to be a good person, trying to treat people fairly and with respect. You disavow racism and bigotry in all its forms. You judge people solely on the content of their character and not by the color of their skin. You don’t discriminate based on race or ethnicity. But you are told you are a racist, not because of something you did or said, but solely because of your skin color. You know that charging someone with racism because of their skin color is itself racist. You know that you are not racist, so you defend yourself and your character, but you are told that defense of yourself is proof of your racism. So, we ask ourselves, am I crazy? No, you’re being gaslighted.

Gaslighting has become one of the most pervasive and destructive tactics in American politics. It is the exact opposite of what our political system was meant to be. It deals in lies and psychological coercion and not the truth and intellectual discourse. If you ever ask yourself if you’re crazy, you are not. Crazy people aren’t sane enough to ask themselves if they’re crazy. So, trust yourself, believe what’s in your heart. Trust our eyes over what we are told. Never listen to the people who tell you that you are crazy because you are not; you’re being gaslighted.

Part Two - Author Frederick R. Smith

Throughout the summer of 2020 and ongoing, riots have broken out in 100 plus cities. Seeing through the “mostly peaceful protest” mantra, you know the left-wing commits these atrocities. Nevertheless, when you question reports that the “right-wing incites the violence” and the “right-wing forms the only threat to the Nation,” you ponder your mental clarity. For sure, you are being gaslighted.

The media highlights Bill Gates as the savior because of his insistence on injecting the planet’s entire population. When questioning the “news” (sic) propping up a non-doctor, you wonder why they brand you as a conspiracy wacko. Nope, you are being gaslighted.

When the fires broke out in California, you read online reports about arsonists setting the inferno. You question the mainstem reports about this being a climate change issue and again become a target; your friends and system target you to be a nutcase. Remember, you are being gaslighted.

Analyzing data from reliable sources and reading papers by unbiased professionals, you see the high numbers of “cases” because so many people walk in for a test (unlike anything in the past). Your arduous research work tells you most cases are nothing more than positive test results for COv2 fragments with no sickness. You rejoice that this might lead us to herd immunity. You also question the media’s insistence on a casedemic. Suddenly, friends and family bark at you for not being a subject matter expert for daring even to whisper these facts. Of course, once again, you are told that you want to kill granny. Not at all; you are gaslighted.

You ponder certain states that closed polling places due to Covid, then scratch your head why other venues are open simultaneously. You also see many reports of voter fraud from local news sources, then pull out your hair hearing the mainstream blabber on about there is no evidence of voter fraud. Gaslighting alert!

You wonder why anybody in their right mind would call for defunding police. Because of this concern, you find yourself branded as a police state supporter. Come on, folks, you are being gaslighted.

Citing CDC’s statistics and documentation, you out point our only 6% of all the reported fatalities were exclusively from Covid, with the remaining having more than two co-morbidities. You get blindsided by others tagging you to be a Covid denier even when you point out this information could be invaluable for the medical community—classic gaslighting.

You get the “you are paranoid” response when presenting irrefutable life experiences about the Marxist indoctrination in academia and historical information about communist infiltration. You begin to wonder if you are in a dream state. Nope, it is gaslighting.

You marvel at the cancel culture’s ability to attack long past secular sins. How about the Democratic Party and its roots in slavery and racism? Never mind. Gaslighting.

But wait, there is more. Looking at the sanitized clips of “mostly peaceful” protests on TV, you also see an overwhelming number of online videos with looting, burning, and murder. Trying to reconcile this discrepancy, friends and family tell you CNN and kindred spirits are the only sources for real news (cough cough). Good advice? No, it is simply good old gaslighting.

During the height of the initial Covid “wave,” the news blabbered on constantly about the need for “millions” of ventilators, incessant hand washing, contact tracing, and 90% effective “vaccines.” Now we get crickets - proof positive of gaslighting.

The existing Covid-19 “vaccine” is an intervention (cough cough) formulated for the SARS-Cov2 legacy strain. Even with the “Delta” now predominant and the legacy virtually extinct, the Covid Cult remains addicted to the drug cartel’s mRNA legacy therapy. Perfect Gaslighting.

Everything wrong is Trump’s fault. Quintessential Gaslighting.

Carbon dioxide is a pollutant and we must reduce our carbon footprint. Bubbles-Soap Gaslighting.

The Crummy Creepy Collective Cabal (C4) says there is no Critical Race (conspiracy) Theory taught in schools. They can go pound sand with their ghastly gaslighting.

The Biden Administration claims the funding is already in place for its multi-trillion dollar C4 programs. Pure gaslighting.

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Cogent Author and Publisher, Frederick R. Smith