• davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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    20 days ago

    Liberals aren’t stupid: they’re dodging the cognitive dissonance that seeing the hypocrisy would induce. This is a part of the psychology which results in liberals always siding with fascists.

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      19 days ago

      I disagree. These people are genuinely stupid enough to believe their own lies. Their underlying fear which has been fostered by the media is their creed. They will rationalize anything to cope with this fear.

      They do not use their intelligence to think. But to rationalize their emotions