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Why do Democrat supporters keep forgetting atrocities committed by their leaders? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by when@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Whenever I talk to any Democrat supporters, they by-default cheer their Presidents and then I've to remind them of their leader's illegal wars and war crimes. They condemn those acts and they go back to their cheerleading role - Why do they keep forgetting atrocities committed by their leaders? Why do they accept war criminals as their leader?

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[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago (2 children)

US has two party system. You either vote for the seemingly conservative corporate puppet war criminal in camp A, or vote for the seemingly liberal corporate puppet war criminal in camp B.

[–] Homo_Erectus@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 day ago

Time to vote. Here are your options

[–] blackbrook@mander.xyz 4 points 1 day ago

This and people tend to respond to cognitive dissonance by rationalizing / repressing awareness. I've voted for less bad candidate, now I'll convince myself that was actually a good thing.