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A form of gaslighting where the perpetrator systematically distorts political realities to make the target doubt their own understanding of events, their political agency, or their right to have a position. It involves rewriting history, denying documented violence, claiming that “both sides” are equally responsible when they are not, or insisting that the target’s perceptions are biased or manipulated. Politicallighting is common in debates about colonialism, occupation, and systemic oppression, where it serves to maintain power imbalances by destabilizing the target’s grasp on reality.
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