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Jarqui

(10,920 posts)
3. Some people tend to believe what they want to believe
Wed Feb 24, 2016, 11:46 AM
Feb 2016

For example, some people tend to listen only to the media that supports their own political party or candidate and ignore the media and arguments from the other side. Time and time again, we've seen that on this site - most often in this cycle with Clinton supporters.

For example, in the face of 340 videos on Youtube documenting her lies and countless media articles on it, I've seen posts around here in this cycle maintaining Clinton never lies. In the court of public opinion, she's probably the most dishonest American politician since Nixon but some people cannot or will not allow themselves to see it.

We see a different form of it with parents who sometimes when someone tells them something bad about their son or daughter, they'll go into denial and won't accept it even when confronting a mountain of proof. Some never accept it or it takes them a really long time.

With enough propaganda pounded into their brains, some people will abandon their basic beliefs. The extreme example (which I'm not comparing to any politician of today) would be Adolf Hitler. Hitler mesmerized a lot of Germans into doing things they would never have otherwise done.

I'm not a psychologist so I can't claim to know tons about this but I think the above certainly explains some of what you have observed. It's not a unique thing to the Clintons but it is there among their supporters. It's been happening for a long time.

I'm not saying this to be mean. It's just the way it seems to me.

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Well, according to some, it's Stockholm Syndrome. leftofcool Feb 2016 #1
So, no answer. n/t Dawgs Feb 2016 #4
Hillary is the better candidate. leftofcool Feb 2016 #7
Why is she the better candidate? Dawgs Feb 2016 #9
So you dont even know why you support her? AgingAmerican Feb 2016 #13
Answers to the specific question have been given so many times LanternWaste Feb 2016 #8
It's also sheer flamebait. BlueMTexpat Feb 2016 #11
Link? Uponthegears Feb 2016 #14
If you can't search the African American group on your own JustAnotherGen Feb 2016 #17
They are harassing AA voters who support Hillary Clinton. No matter how many times the answers Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2016 #33
I know you've thought about it Uponthegears Feb 2016 #6
Numerous members of the Af Am Group JustAnotherGen Feb 2016 #18
I know I Uponthegears Feb 2016 #24
Nailed it. BlueMTexpat Feb 2016 #12
I'm white so I don't get IT. basselope Feb 2016 #2
Some people tend to believe what they want to believe Jarqui Feb 2016 #3
so .... another Stockholm Syndrome post .... kwassa Feb 2016 #29
No. I'm not talking about this: Jarqui Feb 2016 #30
oh, you slipped in your Adolf Hitler reference in your anti-Hillary screed ... kwassa Feb 2016 #44
"in the face of 340 videos on YouTube" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA betsuni Feb 2016 #40
that comment says so much JI7 Feb 2016 #42
Loyalty to the Clintons and the party. Dawgs Feb 2016 #5
You mean JustAnotherGen Feb 2016 #10
I feel like apologizing ismnotwasm Feb 2016 #15
Ahh see don't apologize Ism JustAnotherGen Feb 2016 #16
... ismnotwasm Feb 2016 #19
I just went back two years - this is his first post JustAnotherGen Feb 2016 #20
Yes. ismnotwasm Feb 2016 #21
Okay Uponthegears Feb 2016 #25
Just like racism only matters during the primary season to exploit black voters. Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2016 #34
Oh, and don't leave out socialism. Kind of Blue Feb 2016 #35
I feel the same way ism mcar Feb 2016 #27
I have said... qwlauren35 Feb 2016 #22
Next time - don't respond JustAnotherGen Feb 2016 #23
Point Taken. qwlauren35 Feb 2016 #26
Renaissance Man, perhaps once the Kind of Blue Feb 2016 #28
Money. nt ladjf Feb 2016 #31
I agree with you 100%, but I think many blacks who support her truly believe that she Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2016 #32
Could it be because we've heard the "40 acres & a mule" being promised by BS before. Ain't falling Tarheel_Dem Feb 2016 #36
I think she can win. onpatrol98 Feb 2016 #37
Hey!!!! Number23 Feb 2016 #39
Hey!!! onpatrol98 Feb 2016 #46
Horrible and abso fucking lutely HILARIOUS at the exact same time Number23 Feb 2016 #48
I was going Uponthegears Feb 2016 #45
Thanks onpatrol.. I believe you are right. Cha Feb 2016 #47
We all saw first hand what happened during Bill Clinton's tenure as president Number23 Feb 2016 #38
People are hating on the Clintons right now gollygee Feb 2016 #41
Here..... FrenchieCat Feb 2016 #43
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