Posted on 12/19/2015 9:13:13 AM PST by Virtuoso80
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There have been some high-profile lies this election season. The most recent that comes to mind is the story about the thousands of Muslims that were supposedly having tailgate-style parties celebrating after 9/11. In the book, you say, essentially, weâre OK with lies. Can you walk me through why weâre built not only for being deceptive, but also tolerating deception?
Trumpâs supporters donât particularly care whether heâs lying or not. Our brain doesnât really careâI know thatâs appalling. Our default position is we simply want to be right.
This is why our brain rationalizes our actions even when theyâre at variance with our principlesâthatâs what cognitive dissonance is all about. So Trump supportersâwhen they hear Donald Trump say thousands of Muslims celebrated 9/11, and that turns out to be a lie, that obviously creates a conflict. Our brain tries to get out of these types of conflict in any way it can. One of the standard ways is to discredit the messengerâwe say the mainstream media is full of it, for example. Thatâs true for Hillary Clinton supporters and true for Donald Trump supporters. All of us, Republicans, Democrats, we are all afflicted with this inclination to believe what we believe, and it doesnât matter what the facts say. It took 11 months before public opinion started going against Nixon during Watergate.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/12/donald-trump-2016-evolutionary-psychology-213444#ixzz3umcoxWpB
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Speak of the devil...
Says the liberal that wants people that refused to vote Romney shot.
July 14 wasn’t it?
Gonna tell me to GFY next? Must suck seeing all my predictions prove correct. Choke on it.
Funny, everyone seems to know what I was saying.
More hypocrisy on your part.
That’s “Butt” with two ‘t’s”.
Yea you’re a winner alright.
LOL!
Again, who gives a rats ass. You knew exactly what I was saying. Which is more then I can say about your posts.
You don’t think a lot to begin with. And you got a guy wanting to shoot people for refusing to vote for Romney defending you besides. You have TeH WInZ!
Brains are not wired and I don’t love trump
Still humiliated aren't you?
I thought perfect couldn't be humiliated......
But there you go again.
Again, you and Captain bullethead are the only ones here to stupid to read English. Not my fault mom dropped you when you were small.
july 14th. Your post history. Conversation with Logical Me. People are welcome to read it for themselves.
When you prove a lie, much less humiliation, step up. till then you are nothing but a liberal supporter.
Blabber away pond guppy. your words are there for all to see.
The only ones being deception are the media.
Everyone KNOWS Trump is telling the truth, because we ALL saw the news coverage of Muslims dancing in the streets after 9-11.
I am guessing what I remember seeing was Palestinians in the occupied territory.
I’m a fiscal and social conservative, my brain is hardwired to oppose Trump at all turns.
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