For anything important, use matrix instead of lemmy DMs.
From the article:
The Liberals enjoy decisive leads in seat-rich Ontario and Quebec. Curiously, the Liberals have a statistically insignificant edge in Alberta; however, this finding is almost certainly an artefact of chance given the small sample size in the province (this finding did not appear in our parallel Probit survey).
Next, we really need proportional representation.
You know they’re full shit, they know they’re full of shit.
It doesn’t matter much, it’s the cognitive dissonance hitting her like a train wreck.
Different people will use different ways to resolve cognitive dissonance by trying to create some sort of internal consistency.
Denial: (we’re here 👋 )
Deny ever supporting him or his policies even though she literally did.
Rationalization:
Argue she was misled, she never believed he’d take such drastic (yet promised) actions.
Alter perception:
Convince herself he’s not really a fascist and it’s necessary for some poorly defined greater good
Selective exposure
Seek out info that aligns with her current view, dismiss anything that contradicts.
I mean it all sucks, but I’d rather deal with people doing #1 or #2 than the other forms of doubling down. 🤷
Build your enemy a golden bridge to retreat across and all that.
It’s fine, I don’t plan trips to fascist shithole countries anyway.
Without checking, this was probably the .ml version of memes, luckily there are several other meme communities