re: #518 Blind Frog Belly White

Confirmation bias to calm cognitive dissonance. They’re uncomfortable with how poorly the Administration is responding to the devastation, and Trump’s petty bitching at Mayor Cruz. It is at odds with their need to believe he’s the greatest thing since sliced bread.

If someone offers a story, however thinly sourced, that diminishes the cognitive dissonance, they believe it.

Yep. We wouldn’t need the scientific method, if clear thought was a natural trait. Instead we have the desire to reduce dissonance and fit in with your tribe.