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Cognitive Dissonance and the Republican Denial of Reality

By Allen Clifton at Forward Progressives

http://www.forwardprogressives.com/cognitive-dissonance-and-the-republican-denial-of-reality/

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They’re simply suffering from a severe case of cognitive dissonance. The reality they wished existed doesn’t, therefore they’ve simply created an alternate reality where their rhetoric makes sense.

◾You’re fiscally conservative—while running up giant deficits.
◾You’re for small government—except all the times when you want government to support your side of the argument.
◾You’re a patriot—while talking of secession and revolution whenever the Constitution doesn’t support your ideology.
◾You’re for the Constitution—yet that same Constitution rarely supports your policies.
◾You’re against the government shutdown—even though many members of your party had been calling for one.
◾You’re a Christian—while supporting policies which contradict the teachings of Jesus Christ.
◾You’re for the middle class—by supporting policies which screw them over for the benefit of the rich.
◾You’re against government programs—while living off government programs.
◾You’re against people on welfare—while you live in a state that takes in more federal dollars than it pays out.



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