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GaYellowDawg

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9. That was a fantastic article - thanks for posting!

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Thu Mar 27, 2025, 10:01 AM

Mar 27

This stood out for me:

The cognitive dissonance created by a choice that seemed good at the time and the resulting harm is resolved by reasoning backward and discounting, eliminating, or otherwise rationalizing the negative outcomes as unavoidable, minimizing them, or through some other reasoning that resolves the contradiction.

The phrase in italics is exactly what fundamentalists do with negative outcomes in their life. Did someone's loved one die of cancer? Did a tornado flatten someone's house? Or their friend's house? "It was God's will." "We don't know God's plan." "God makes all things good." "This too shall pass." The religion gives them a mindset where God is given credit for everything good, but somehow escapes responsibility for anything bad. Easily transferred to Trump and the GOP.

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Sadopolitics: Why MAGA clings tighter to Trump the more his policies hurt them - Salon [View all] justaprogressive Mar 27 OP

From the article - very illuminating Alice Kramden Mar 27 #1

Miserable, hopeless dark triad types. Want everyone to be as miserable as they are. * 617Blue Mar 27 #2

Miserable and green with jealousy. Even when they get everything they say they want travelingthrulife Mar 27 #11

Resentment, envy, jealousy - malignant misanthropy. 617Blue Mar 27 #14

Glad he's distraught XanaDUer2 Mar 27 #3

So basically they're not leaving him XanaDUer2 Mar 27 #4

Which is why we need to ignore them and focus on getting millions of others to vote instead Blue_Adept Mar 27 #6

You need an inspirational figure for that. BlueTsunami2018 Mar 27 #12

That's right. Mariana Mar 27 #10

It's a religious cult nt newdeal2 Mar 27 #5

They cannot admit they are wrong, valleyrogue Mar 27 #7

It's a "must-read" article. It's all the psychology of the magas. Our common reality doesn't effect them. lindysalsagal Mar 27 #8

That was a fantastic article - thanks for posting! GaYellowDawg Mar 27 #9

These people should be called sadophiles Mr. Sparkle Mar 27 #13