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Saviolo

(3,282 posts)
Thu Oct 13, 2016, 11:47 AM Oct 2016

The word of the day is Cognitive Dissonance!

The mental acrobatics that the GOP will go through to endorse Trump despite, or even for, what they demonize everyone else for. Here is a screen capture that got posted to my Twitter feed today:




From the Twitter feed here:

[blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"][p lang="en" dir="ltr"]Couldn't have said it better myself [a href="https://t.co/fBoW2eWc2I"]pic.twitter.com/fBoW2eWc2I[/a]

— Stefanie Gordon (@Stefmara) [a href="https://twitter.com/Stefmara/status/786542514387824640"]October 13, 2016[/a]
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The word of the day is Cognitive Dissonance! (Original Post) Saviolo Oct 2016 OP
Thanks for the o.p. Recommended, Sav. Mc Mike Oct 2016 #1
Indeed Saviolo Oct 2016 #2
Hit them in the id, ego, and superego, all at the same time. Mc Mike Oct 2016 #3
k and r niyad Oct 2016 #4
I've seen this making the rounds in 2 other forms on the site. Mc Mike Oct 2016 #5
Thanks! Saviolo Oct 2016 #6
The ideas are important, for sure. Mc Mike Oct 2016 #8
Correction ailsagirl Oct 2016 #7

Mc Mike

(9,114 posts)
1. Thanks for the o.p. Recommended, Sav.
Thu Oct 13, 2016, 11:50 AM
Oct 2016

I love the summation in the last paragraph. Categorical condemnation at its finest.

Mc Mike

(9,114 posts)
3. Hit them in the id, ego, and superego, all at the same time.
Thu Oct 13, 2016, 12:01 PM
Oct 2016

Only gun for the yarbles if they're in the way while we're trying to vote.

Mc Mike

(9,114 posts)
5. I've seen this making the rounds in 2 other forms on the site.
Fri Oct 14, 2016, 07:27 PM
Oct 2016

Yours was the first one I saw. Thanks for posting it, congrats for spotting and posting it so early.

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