In response to letters of Graham Selby published Nov. 23 and Dec. 24, and Bruce Larson, Dec. 24, one knows they are over the target when you are getting flak, a metaphor to when World War II bomber planes were over their target and getting shot.
The condition you describe is known as Cognitive Dissonance, the mental conflict that occurs when beliefs or assumptions are contradicted by new information. The unease or tension that the conflict arouses in people is relieved by one of several defensive mechanisms: they reject, explain away, or avoid the new information. They persuade themselves that no conflict actually exists. Then they reconcile those differences; or resort to any other defensive means of preserving stability or order in their conceptions of the world and of themselves.
Simply put, the idea of our most treasured franchise being corrupted so aggressively and overtly is too much of an assault on our national consciousness to be believed. Therefore it is easier to pretend or convince yourself that it didn't happen rather than face the reality that it really did.
This moment in history will be looked at as a turning point in our short history. It is the beginning of the end of our Democrat Republic.
The most important thing that distinguishes us from every other country is our Right to vote and self-determination.
If we are to look objectively at the forces trying to interfere with that franchise, we should be scared to death and demand a complete accounting (voting machines, voting software, Write-In ballots, voter fraud, authentication, etc.) of this past election.
We then need to implement official ID as a requirement for all voting, immediately!
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The condition you describe is known as Cognitive Dissonance, the mental conflict that occurs when beliefs or assumptions are contradicted by new information. The unease or tension that the conflict arouses in people is relieved by one of several defensive mechanisms: they reject, explain away, or avoid the new information. They persuade themselves that no conflict actually exists. Then they reconcile those differences; or resort to any other defensive means of preserving stability or order in their conceptions of the world and of themselves.
Simply put, the idea of our most treasured franchise being corrupted so aggressively and overtly is too much of an assault on our national consciousness to be believed. Therefore it is easier to pretend or convince yourself that it didn't happen rather than face the reality that it really did.
This moment in history will be looked at as a turning point in our short history. It is the beginning of the end of our Democrat Republic.
The most important thing that distinguishes us from every other country is our Right to vote and self-determination.
If we are to look objectively at the forces trying to interfere with that franchise, we should be scared to death and demand a complete accounting (voting machines, voting software, Write-In ballots, voter fraud, authentication, etc.) of this past election.
We then need to implement official ID as a requirement for all voting, immediately!
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