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Dont call me Shirley

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34. Oppressor is a more accurate description of Abuser personality, I realized after I posted.

Mon Sep 15, 2014, 03:25 PM

Sep 2014

Gaslighting is a good term to describe the transference of the Oppressor's insanity onto its victim. It consists of one act of Orwellian behavior followed by many many more until the victim is a shell of their former selves. It is insidiousness at its core.

This is a tactic used by the ruling elite, who are insane. We learn from our leaders, these crazy ways of being.

In order to return to sanity, as an individual and society we must begin to cultivate the higher emotions we once had. Compassion, caring, empathy, sympathy, wisdom, discernment, honesty, kindness, true generosity, intellect, intuition are the healers.

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"Orwellian"...I do not think it means what you think it means. [View all] True Blue Door Sep 2014 OP

Kudos for reading Orwell, but now some darts for missing some context. Pholus Sep 2014 #1

Bullshit isn't doublespeak. True Blue Door Sep 2014 #6

It helps to understand that the NSA's operational mode CAME from the Bushies. Pholus Sep 2014 #23

It's because NSA is about control, not power. It's Kafkaesque. True Blue Door Sep 2014 #30

I don't think deciding a different aspect is more important in his work muriel_volestrangler Sep 2014 #2

Insisting that language be self-consistent is not "control." True Blue Door Sep 2014 #7

Who are you to tell others how they must use the word 'Orwellian'? muriel_volestrangler Sep 2014 #11

+1 There are many aspects of "Orwellianism." woo me with science Sep 2014 #22

Brawndo's got what plants crave. valerief Sep 2014 #3

That's "thought-terminating cliche." Also an example of Orwellian programming. True Blue Door Sep 2014 #9

I agree about Judge being a genius. And I knew this wasn't an example valerief Sep 2014 #31

Interesting observations. CJCRANE Sep 2014 #4

Well Done, Sir The Magistrate Sep 2014 #5

The misuse of the term Orwellian comes from people not reading the book Blecht Sep 2014 #8

I'm not certain what's obvious to most people. True Blue Door Sep 2014 #12

Um...vote? randome Sep 2014 #10

Huh? True Blue Door Sep 2014 #13

Like most of this country's problems, all can be solved if people simply band together and vote. randome Sep 2014 #17

We did vote the bastards out of office. True Blue Door Sep 2014 #18

And here I thought it meant a fear of rats.... Moonwalk Sep 2014 #14

I'm happy to see someone so excited about having read and understood a book. True Blue Door Sep 2014 #24

Authoritarian-Totalitarian (Abuser) rulerships are those who use full force Orwellian-speak. Dont call me Shirley Sep 2014 #15

Good analogy. I agree there's a parallel with domestic violence. True Blue Door Sep 2014 #25

Oppressor is a more accurate description of Abuser personality, I realized after I posted. Dont call me Shirley Sep 2014 #34

Yes. And cultivating these "higher" instincts will require more attention and focus. True Blue Door Sep 2014 #35

I must say Thespian2 Sep 2014 #16

Don't need to look very far to find examples of supposed Progressives embracing harun Sep 2014 #19

Indeed - only need to look as far as your avatar. True Blue Door Sep 2014 #26

Che didn't use that method. He was a grass roots peoples revolution guy. harun Sep 2014 #32

He spoke the rhetoric of people's revolution. What he brought was autocracy. True Blue Door Sep 2014 #33

Language that I find offensive and confusing shadowmayor Sep 2014 #20

"Enhanced interrogation." True Blue Door Sep 2014 #27

speaking of confusing language... deafskeptic Sep 2014 #28

Ethnic Cleansing Dont call me Shirley Sep 2014 #38

This Is One of the Best Things I've Ever Read on DU cer7711 Sep 2014 #21

Excellent post. K&R Louisiana1976 Sep 2014 #29

Almost as annoying as overused hyperbole and melodrama. LanternWaste Sep 2014 #36

Reek is born. Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #37