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Dear Friend:
The campaign season is reaching a fever pitch as we finally draw near the end of the 2016 election cycle. Rhetoric being employed by both sides is intended to gaslight you into believing the opposing candidate is the worst of the worst. What is gaslighting?
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From the Urban Dictionary:
Gaslighting is "an increasing frequency of systematically withholding factual information from, and/or providing false information to, the victim - having the gradual effect of making them anxious, confused, and less able to trust their own memory and perception.
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We see both extremes:
- Postcards from the right warning of liberals who support terrorists, want your freedom and think taxing you to death to fund big government is fun.
- These mailers are full of images of Muslim terrorists, Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton to scare you into believing there is a direct connection.
- They warn of activist judges who let heinous crimes go unpunished and vicious criminals roam free. Neither of which are true.
- Postcards from the left tying anyone running as a Republican to Gov. Brownback.
- Claims such as “Barbara Bollier votes with Brownback 88% of the time" fail to factor in the number of times votes are unanimous or very nearly so.
- A similar comparison shows that the Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley voted with the Republican majority 81% of the time over a 6 year period (2011 – 2016). Does that automatically make him a Brownback supporter? Ridiculous conclusion to draw, but in a climate where polling shows that Brownback is historically unpopular, the left equally sees an opportunity to sow seeds of mistrust in the minds of voters.
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