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Mariana

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8. So do they really believe what they say

Thu Jan 26, 2017, 04:03 AM

Jan 2017

or are they simply lying? I think they're lying.

Listening to my Faux-addicted parents and their Faux-addicted friends griping about President Obama, I got the very strong feeling that NONE of them believed what they were saying. They didn't believe Obama was a Muslim, they didn't believe he was born in Kenya, they didn't believe he was a communist, they didn't believe their guns would be confiscated, they didn't believe in death panels, etc. etc. etc. Still, they sat around a table and said all those things over and over again.

So why do they do this? It's just so fucking weird.

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This is what Trump voters said when asked to compare his inauguration crowd with Obama's [View all] DonViejo Jan 2017 OP

Good ol' cognitive dissonance. dalton99a Jan 2017 #1

They're just like him.. stupid as a sack of shit Cha Jan 2017 #2

You're exactly right, Cha PJMcK Jan 2017 #3

Smart people are filled with doubt IronLionZion Jan 2017 #6

terrifying. mopinko Jan 2017 #4

RW Authoritiarians & Followers way more likely to seek confirmation. Scientists seek contradiction Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2017 #5

There are four lights. MrScorpio Jan 2017 #7

So do they really believe what they say Mariana Jan 2017 #8

i think it's a way of establishing membership in their preferred group. nt TheFrenchRazor Jan 2017 #10

but i'm sure they all agreed they don't like black people JI7 Jan 2017 #11

That is the one thing they never said. Mariana Jan 2017 #14

I'm not so sure NewJeffCT Jan 2017 #13

hey, we create our own reality! they live in a world where a lie repeated 3 times becomes truth. nt TheFrenchRazor Jan 2017 #9

The man was prescient Friend or Foe Jan 2017 #12