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Originally Posted by docbungle
Regardless of what anyone thinks of the source of this artice or the content within it, what do you think of the idea itself? That partisan bickering is not really based on any real thought? That once you've picked a side, you stick with it, regardless of the topic. Without taking the time for some serious self-analyzation, you're only saying what you've trained yourself to say and not what you would actually think if you were really honest with yourself.
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That's often how it works. When people have built entire schemas of morality and judgement on shaky ideas\beliefs, it is easier and more comfortable to ignore the cognitive dissonance (if the person even realizes it is there) and just stand firm in what you have believed in the past. This isn't just a problem in politics. It's a lifelong human problem - one we have to fight all the time to be educated and enlightened human beings.
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