This. Gaslighting involves the intent of making its target doubt their own senses and memories. It involves the creation of an alternate reality.

Yeah. I take “gaslighting” as lying about something I saw with my own eyes, or something that plainly obvious, like putting up Trump/Obama inauguration pictures, and saying there’s more people in the Trump picture.

Generally agreed, and it would be nice if people in the media actually used word like lie and liar about Trump. But I think gaslighting works well here because it’s a more specific, more elaborate thing. When my wife asks me if I actually ate sixteen oreos for breakfast and I deny it, that’s a lie. But if I were to…

Pats Fans at 7AM: Those texts weren’t that threatening! It was hyperbole! What’s the big deal?

Jerrah’s on line 1.

You sweet summer child. 

I was waiting for someone to spike that softball right into the mixed metaphor.

I can’t believe the Patriots went to all this trouble to beat the Dolphins.

A) Good

In her complaint, Taylor asks for damages. Brown’s camp already is feeding information to media to portray Taylor as just another woman out for cash

There aren’t going to be any wheels of justice turning, because she’s chosen to file a civil suit instead of involving the police. Unless one’s definition of justice is a months-long protacted negotiation between two sets of very well-paid lawyers discussing what amount between $1M and $2M of Antonio Brown’s money…

Sir, you are comparing a part of an ocean to a lake.  I thank you for your comment and for my annual reminder that Maine is still a part of the US.  

“Funny — no one cared when he was on the Steelers!”

Not true. A lot of researchers will simply measure the serum gronk levels from a standard Complete Metabolic Panel, but claiming to have fixed CTE is another way to test positive.

Gronk confidently telling a neuroscientist that CTE can be fixed is strong evidence that Gronk’s CTE has not, in fact, been fixed.

From the New Scientist write-up:

Is your dad a gritty hard worker with a high diabetes IQ?

+1 white curtain on the field

My dad says it’s because he’s a quitter and only cares about collecting a paycheck instead of winning.

He’s got the yips, and when a quarterback has the yips, there is only one thing left to do.