or soft-soaping?

Placate, Placate, Placate?

OR

Delay Deals. Pattern Patter, Cabinets of Curiosities Closed.

DARVO

Deny: Denying the behaviour or the event ever happened.

Attack: Attacking the person who is asking the question or raising the issue.

Reverse Victim and Offender: Switching roles so the person dodging the question acts as the victim, making the questioner look like the "attacker" or "abuser".

OR

The 3.05am honk?

Not only the Medical Industrial Complex (MIC). Abstract:Put the textbook down... Light Therapy or Therapy Light?