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Originally Posted by HerbieGRD
It’s more the obvious cognitive dissonance that relates back to the earlier post about Bill Clinton and Donald Trump in that Donald Trump as a human being is basically everything evangelical Christians are not and claim to be morally opposed to yet they have been among his strongest and most consistently loyal supporters as a bloc
So then people are willing to overlook a lot when faced with ridiculous choices.
Hilliary supporters who purport to be antiwar end up supporting a basically unabashed war monger.
But it was her over Trump so they look the other way just like the Trump supporters do.
I don't think this is an argument against dissonance. If anything it is one in favor of its power.