Logicallighting

A form of Digitallighting where the perpetrator systematically undermines the target’s sense of their own rationality, making them doubt whether they are thinking clearly. Techniques include constant accusation of logical fallacies (often misapplied), demanding impossible proofs, and reframing any emotional response as proof of irrationality. The goal is to make the target feel that their perceptions are unreliable and that they cannot trust their own reasoning. Logicallighting weaponizes the ideal of rationality to destroy the target’s cognitive confidence.

Example: “Every time she stated her boundaries, he said she was committing the ‘straw man fallacy.’ When she stopped engaging, he said her silence was ‘logical inconsistency.’ Logicallighting: using fallacy talk to gaslight someone into doubting their own mind.”

Logicallighting by Abzugal April 1, 2026