Tip-Off #111 - Harder to Fool

"I need to listen well so that I hear what is not said." - Thuli Madonsela, former Public Protector of South Africa. [ * ]

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"Gaslighting" has become a common term in talk about culture, often trivialized to describe any minor disagreement or misunderstanding. Its origin lies in a 1938 play about a man who systematically manipulates his wife into questioning her own sanity. Gaslighting, in its true sense, is a serious form of emotional abuse and psy…