RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTrump, breaking with Netanyahu, acknowledges ‘real starvation’ in Gazawww.politico.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down13cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
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minus-squareTheRealKuni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57arrow-down1·2 days agoMy parents’ conservative bubble of news has informed them that the starvation is because Hamas shoots at Palestinians who try to get aid. (I told them, “Wow, so Hamas and the IDF have something in common?”)
minus-squarevga@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down21·2 days agoYou really served them. Did they apologize for being so wrong?
minus-squaresensiblepuffin@lemmy.funami.techlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 days agoProbably not, because that’s not how cognitive dissonance works.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoCognitive dissonance isn’t caused by holding contradictory views. It’s when holding those views causes mental anguish. Hell, in this case they’re simply misinformed, nothing contradictory here. I’m sure they simply didn’t believe OP, no problem.
My parents’ conservative bubble of news has informed them that the starvation is because Hamas shoots at Palestinians who try to get aid.
(I told them, “Wow, so Hamas and the IDF have something in common?”)
You really served them. Did they apologize for being so wrong?
Probably not, because that’s not how cognitive dissonance works.
Cognitive dissonance isn’t caused by holding contradictory views. It’s when holding those views causes mental anguish. Hell, in this case they’re simply misinformed, nothing contradictory here. I’m sure they simply didn’t believe OP, no problem.