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A digitallighting tactic that weaponizes technical language to disorient and discredit a target. The perpetrator floods the conversation with jargon, pseudo‑precise metrics, or selective data, then accuses the target of “not understanding” when they struggle to respond. The goal is to make the target appear incompetent while the abuser plays the role of the calm, technically proficient expert. Technicallighting often appears in debates about economics, climate policy, or platform algorithms—anywhere where real complexity can be used to create confusion and exhaust opposition.
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