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They& #39;re boxed-in to their support of Trump by caricatures of their morality/intelligence. To admit Trump is who/what he is substantiates those caricatures to some degree. It& #39;s less psychologically/emotionally distressing to preserve the Trump fallacy, and to continue...1/ https://twitter.com/RealMarkNew91/status/1297772534004359170">https://twitter.com/RealMarkN...
....to believe the lies about and from Trump, than it is to confront the reality of Trump...
....because confronting the reality of Trump forces them to examine uncomfortable truths about themselves....2/
....because confronting the reality of Trump forces them to examine uncomfortable truths about themselves....2/
At a minimum, that uncomfortable truth is an indictment of their naiveté or gullibility. This triggers them b/c they& #39;ve been told by Info Wars, and FOXNews only they know the "real truth", and that the Left are "sheeple". This pierces that inverted, fallacious narrative. 3/
....And at worst, this uncomfortable truth is an indictment of their character/humanity. Basically, it substantiates the "deplorable" characterization. 4/
I wrote a thread analyzing this. Basically, when support of Trump became an indictment of their morality/character, the need to "exonerate" him became an obsession... because exonerating him, exonerated them. Therefore they engaged in bias (morality) confirming behavior. So...5/
...they seek out information/sources (Rush/Fox) that completely confirm their morality (that they& #39;re "good" people), & completely dismiss information/sources that challenge their worldview (Trump/politics) because a challenge to their worldview is a challenge to their morality.6/
The thread: 7/ https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1075344897832452096">https://twitter.com/Nick_Carm...
...8/.... https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1274703719700008961">https://twitter.com/Nick_Carm...
Thread analyzing QANON, and their fixation on Antifa, pedophilia, and conspiracy theories:
"Conspiracy theories are a cognitive dissonance-reconciling narrative that simultaneously sustain the believers narcissism and victimhood...": https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/130477286201685606">https://twitter.com/Nick_Carm...
"Conspiracy theories are a cognitive dissonance-reconciling narrative that simultaneously sustain the believers narcissism and victimhood...": https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/130477286201685606">https://twitter.com/Nick_Carm...
https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1304772862016856065">https://twitter.com/Nick_Carm...
