i'm going to ask a question here, cuz I can't find a place to ask it.

[ellenrr]

first a disclaimer, I know this group is a refuge from politics, and I am not trying to bring politics in, but I'm using a political issue as an example.

I try to understand how do peoples' minds work, esp people I disagree with.
Not for ex climate deniers - I don't try to understand how their mind works.
but suppose someone seemingly shares my values and then supports things which are counter to these values.

Cognitive dissonance it is called and it is highly evident here at du.

is anyone here interested in discussing this. I don't feel like bringing up something and then being smashed for it, and serving no purpose except to get people driven by their drama.

this group seems to be a place where people are thoughtful, and I can't find any place on du for thoughtful discussion. Am I missing it? Bec. if there is no such place, that would account for a lot of what I hate about du.

thank you for your thoughts.

[canoeist52]

1. I see this all the time

With friends on facebook. They like most of my liberal posts, but also like right-wing posts. They don't understand that the ideas fro each camp are diametrically opposed. I think they just like the emotional content and not the actual substance. It's saddening but I try to keep a sense of humor about this.

"Be assured that a walk through the ocean of most souls
would scarcely get your feet wet" -Deteriorata

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6018168

[ellenrr]

3. I agree about 'emotional content and not substance'..

I blame that on the infotainment and entertainment industry.

[bemildred]

2. OK. I am up for discussion of "cognitive dissonance".

Edit: I don't come here more than once or twice a year, but I will see your responses to my posts.

[LWolf]

4. I see that cognitive dissonance all the time.

I usually don't point it out, because it will inevitably offend.

I know that Democrats like to think they are somehow smarter and better than others, but, really, DU is often a mirror of its opposite. There are plenty of DUers who like having a team and an enemy, without really thinking things through. In my opinion.

And, to be honest, I'm a pretty blunt person, and I'm not that patient. You know that old response in social situations: "Hey, tell us what you REALLY think?" That's me, way too often.

[MasonDreams]

5. One of my favorite Far Side toons

Just says it well. All emotion no thought.
Two amoeba one says to the other "stimulus response, stimulus response; Don't you ever think?"

[no_hypocrisy]

6. My father used CD all the time when I was growing up, and he'd then tell me to trust him.

Even at age 4, I knew I had to trust my own judgment over my father's. I think the common parlance is "gaslighting".