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Cognitive Dissonance and the Followers of Donald Trump
Townhall.com ^ | February 15, 2016 | Michael Brown

Posted on 02/15/2016 10:09:20 AM PST by Kaslin

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To: Kaslin

They both flip flopped in the past but the bottom line is that Hillary is gonna be hard to beat.
We need someone who will get mad enough about it to stay the course.


41 posted on 02/15/2016 10:44:28 AM PST by MarMema
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To: detch
Then, you've got a story on why we need Donald Trump. He's the only candidate that can beat her.

You beat me to it.

42 posted on 02/15/2016 10:45:04 AM PST by MarMema
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw
Yes, we want to see heads roll. It takes guts to make heads roll. Trump has guts.

He's the whiniest candidate I can recall in modern history.

He says he'll make "deals." Whose head has he promised to roll? Whose?

I want a list from you. I want FACTS. Whose?

43 posted on 02/15/2016 10:45:20 AM PST by agrarianlady
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To: Kaslin

“Than what?”

I refuse to believe that the American people would allow a Hitlery presidency.


44 posted on 02/15/2016 10:45:39 AM PST by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw

And you beat me to it as well.


45 posted on 02/15/2016 10:46:20 AM PST by MarMema
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To: centurion316

As stated.....Trump could say tomorrow.... “I’ve been lying about everything!”.... And his followers would say ....”That’s our man! He tells it like it is.”......

Trump actually announced that his own supporters are so slavishly devoted to him that he could cap someone in the street and his fans are still there wagging their tails for their master. .......He rubs his minions slack jawed faces in the fact that the whole basis of his campaign is a lie:... “When I’m president, I’m a different person. I can be the most politically correct person you’ve ever seen.” and they still don’t hear him they just grin, nod and clap!

....It’s as if Trump’s trying to see how far he can go before his followers wake up...IF they do at all!

Heck he’s made it clear he supports single-payer universal healthcare for all....and they still stand and adore him!...they are willfully, consciously choosing to ignore the truth even when it comes out of Trumps own mouth....especially when it comes out of his mouth.

At this juncture I see no reason to think they can be persuaded of their great error.....their ‘own’ ego’s are now ‘wrapped in his’ and all that they are with it.


46 posted on 02/15/2016 10:47:53 AM PST by caww
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To: Kaslin

BTTT


47 posted on 02/15/2016 10:48:01 AM PST by T Ruth (Mohammedanism shall be defeated.)
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To: detch
If you say so. However I doubt that I am the only one that disagrees with you

detch.

48 posted on 02/15/2016 10:48:22 AM PST by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him. He got them and now we have to pay the consequences)
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To: EDINVA

Cognitive dissonance is that discomfort and anxiety one feels when one’s inside thoughts to do match the outside realities. Like when we vote for a tried and true Republican Conservative like John McCain.


49 posted on 02/15/2016 10:48:26 AM PST by anton
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To: dsc
You’re a decade off. It has to be done now.

And we had better hurry. It may already be too late. Even now the FBI/BLM are rounding up oathkeepers for prison at just under 100 people. This is the single most ominous thing happening imo. They are steadily arresting the militia in our country. In preparation for something...

50 posted on 02/15/2016 10:48:45 AM PST by MarMema
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To: dragnet2

You are one of the ones who likely got Obama in there then.


51 posted on 02/15/2016 10:49:02 AM PST by Beowulf9
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To: agrarianlady

“He’s the whiniest candidate I can recall in modern history. “

Candidate that stands up for themselves and goes after the media and GOPes = whiny

Candidate that keeps his mouth shut to “take the high road” while he depends on a legion of bloggers and talk radio hosts to build him into some sort of God candidate = brave?

As much as we complain about stuff on FR, the left could easily call us whiny too by your definition.


52 posted on 02/15/2016 10:50:05 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw
Too many Freepers are locked into the political game. Trump supporters, like myself, are done with the games. Yes, we want to see heads roll. It takes guts to make heads roll. Trump has guts.

Yup, Trump and his pals Mitch McConnell, Scott Brown, Chuck Schummer, and Bill and Hillary Clinton are really going to make the heads roll!

53 posted on 02/15/2016 10:51:13 AM PST by BigBobber
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To: detch

Actually, he polls worse against Hillary than Cruz. And he has very high negative opinion poll numbers and one of the lowest “second choice” poll numbers.

Not that any of that matters to a Trump supporter...


54 posted on 02/15/2016 10:51:31 AM PST by 5thGenTexan
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To: caww
You parrot the insider/MSM lines really good. Say, are you not the one who attempted to compare Trump and his supporters to the Nazis? Ya, that was you.

The federation of frauds even stacked the audiences with their donors attempting to sway the TV audience. They're disgusting and corrupt to the core.

Even their audiences were birds of a feather.

55 posted on 02/15/2016 10:53:03 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: agrarianlady

Not only is Trump going to win SC, but he’ll get more votes than the next two put together.

The only people crying will be the rest of the field.


56 posted on 02/15/2016 10:53:26 AM PST by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: Kaslin

https://www.gwu.edu/~ieresgwu/assets/docs/demokratizatsiya%20archive/11-4_Laar.PDF

http://news.heartland.org/newspaper-article/2006/07/01/estonia-creates-economic-miracle

Mart Laar had only read some books when he became prime minister of Estonia, a country in dire financial straits and on the verge of collapse.
What he managed to pull off from reading a few books was a miracle. He was not an experienced politician or knowledgeable about the constitution, law, economics.
He was, I believe, a historian.


57 posted on 02/15/2016 10:55:23 AM PST by MarMema
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To: BigBobber

Yes, he is so much like them, right? Well, you know your wrong, don’t cha?


58 posted on 02/15/2016 10:56:13 AM PST by freedomjusticeruleoflaw (Western Civilization- whisper the words, and it will disappear. So let us talk now about rebirth.)
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To: dragnet2

The GOP has finally proven it has no interest in ‘we the people’...no more than GW BUSH/CHENEY did.

People are sure slow to give up on their idols no matter HOW they screwed up this country. They got away with it because of the cover given their CRIMES by many of the same people still calling names and demanding more rino’s.


59 posted on 02/15/2016 10:56:20 AM PST by AuntB (Illegal immigration is simply more "share the wealth" socialism and a CRIME not a race!)
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To: dragnet2

I happen to think ‘any’ of our candidates would be far better then Demorat Trump. You shall soon see him without his cloak....

May God truly have mercy on this nation...he may not...A Trump win would mean we’re getting what we deserve...not what we need.


60 posted on 02/15/2016 10:58:02 AM PST by caww
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