> Democrats said "no waaaaay, thats impossible, would never happen in America, you can't say that!" > > Then Trump wins and they claim the election was rigged... > > That's some massive cognitive dissonance right there!
no, because you are talking about two different people. the term you are using is when a single person feels discomfort when there are two competing modes of thought in the same brain, not when two different sets of people are thinking about similar things.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 8 years ago, 6 minutes later, 21 minutes after the original post[^][v]#874,125
@previous (Sheila LaBoof)
Wrong. The dissonance is within one party, whom holds the two beliefs that "the election couldn't have been rigged" and that "the election was definitely rigged".
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 2 minutes later, 23 minutes after the original post[^][v]#874,127
@previous (A)
No one throws a party where everyone is in agreement. That is why there are choices. Wine red or white, boxed or bottled.
Sheila LaBoof replied with this 8 years ago, 9 minutes later, 33 minutes after the original post[^][v]#874,131
> Wrong. The dissonance is within one party, whom holds the two beliefs that "the election couldn't have been rigged" and that "the election was definitely rigged".
ok I fugure you are playing dumb, so nevermind
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 8 years ago, 53 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#874,150
@previous (Sheila LaBoof)
How is what I have described not cognitive dissonance? They hold both beliefs, that the election couldnt possibly have been rigged and that it definitely was.
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 4 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#874,151
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 15 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^][v]#874,195
@OP > would never happen in America > the election couldn't have been rigged
Where did the democrats say that? Link to those quotes (or whatever they supposedly said along those lines).
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Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 6 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^][v]#874,197
@previous (G)
It's funny because Mitch McConnell criticized the Obama administration from speaking out about Russian interference in the 2016 campaign and refused to sign on to a bipartisan statement of condemnation. The democrats weren't saying that all and were actually blocked by republicans from calling out Russian interference.