Trigger Warning: Word Discussion: Gaslighting

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Post Post #7 (isolation #0) » Sat Jul 10, 2021 5:55 am

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I still don't think it's appropriate to call people domestic abusers in a mafia game.
I think in this situation and most mafia situations, gaslighting is an imperfect descriptor for the type of deception being used, which makes it seem like the word was selected for the comparison to an individual as detestable as a domestic abusers.
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Post Post #11 (isolation #1) » Sat Jul 10, 2021 11:45 am

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In post 9, Ythan wrote:I think specifically "domestic abuser" may be an overly specific interpretation of the gaslighting accusation.
That line of argument has been forfeit here, as Titus has specifically indicated that parallels to domestic abuse are precisely what she feels entitled to draw.

In a different context I could see that as a live argument.
"Let us say that you are right and there are two worlds. How much, then, is this 'other world' worth to you? What do you have there that you do not have here? Money? Power? Something worth causing the prince so much pain for?'"
"Well, I..."
"What? Nothing? You would make the prince suffer over... nothing?"
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