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A digitallighting technique that weaponizes the language of fallacies to gaslight the target. The perpetrator repeatedly accuses the target of committing fallacies—even when they haven’t—making the target doubt their own reasoning. Each attempt to clarify is met with a new fallacy label, creating a fog of confusion. The goal is to make the target feel irrational and incapable of logical thought, while the abuser maintains the posture of a clear‑headed critic. Fallacylighting is especially common in online debates where one party wants to dominate rather than understand.
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