“The whole thing’s been taken out of context” says the man who said he’d arrest the governor and mayor of CA. It’s always “you took us out of context” with these assholes. It’s eye roll inducing when people like this use “context” as a shield when it’s obvious that words mean absolutely nothing to these wannabe fascists.
this post was submitted on 10 Jun 2025
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It’s always “you took us out of context” with these assholes.
According to cognitive dissonance theory, it's because of cognitive dissonance reduction. Example from wikipedia:
In practice, people reduce the magnitude of their cognitive dissonance in four ways:
- Change the behavior or the cognition ("I'll eat no more of this doughnut.")
- Justify the behavior or the cognition, by changing the conflicting cognition ("I'm allowed to cheat my diet every once in a while.")
- Justify the behavior or the cognition by adding new behaviors or cognitions ("I'll spend thirty extra minutes at the gymnasium to work off the doughnut.")
- Ignore or deny information that conflicts with existing beliefs ("This doughnut is not a high-sugar food.")
The last thing people want to do, is admit to themselves that they are evil or stupid. It doesn't feel good.
Tom
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Is it taco tuesday already?
I'm not sure, someone should ask taco belle