Except there are terms that are already used to describe mafia playIn post 58, AniX wrote:I think simply calling out the underlying behavior without trying to invent new vocabulary for it would probably be the best path. People engaged in this behavior and were called out on it before 1944, they engaged in it and were called out on it prior to the rise of gaslighting as a distinct term.
Chainsawing is a mafia shorthand for defending someone by going after the person attacking them
So to say “we shouldn’t invent a new term to define a specific idea” is entirely contrary to how history has gone for this sort of thing.