Dark Rethoric | Temple of Thought

1 Gaslighting

Undermining your perception of reality to make you doubt yourself.

Overloading discussion with many weak points faster than they can be refuted.

Deflecting criticism by pointing to another issue instead of addressing the claim.

Misrepresenting your position so it is easier to attack.

Switching between a bold claim and a safer claim when challenged.

Persistent performative requests for evidence to exhaust the other person.

Changing success criteria after evidence has been provided.

Using emotionally charged wording to bypass reasoning.

Amplifying threat narratives to force agreement.

Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender to escape accountability.

Pretending to offer helpful concern while actually undermining a person or cause.

Rapid, repeated, contradictory messaging to overwhelm truth-checking.