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Why do Democrat supporters keep forgetting atrocities committed by their leaders? (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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Whenever I talk to any Democrat supporters, they by-default cheer their Presidents and then I've to remind them of their leader's illegal wars and war crimes. They condemn those acts and they go back to their cheerleading role - Why do they keep forgetting atrocities committed by their leaders? Why do they accept war criminals as their leader?

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[โ€“] 8 points 4 months ago

This and people tend to respond to cognitive dissonance by rationalizing / repressing awareness. I've voted for less bad candidate, now I'll convince myself that was actually a good thing.

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