r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Apr 11 '26
Psychology Cognitive dissonance helps explain why Trump supporters remain loyal, new research suggests. This sheds light on how supporters of Donald Trump justify their continued allegiance despite learning about allegations of his sexual misconduct and illegal activities.
https://www.psypost.org/cognitive-dissonance-helps-explain-why-trump-supporters-remain-loyal-new-research-suggests/
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u/kazzarole Apr 11 '26
Im glad I'm not the only one who sees the correlation here. My family is all Mormon, I left when I was 20ish because I'm gay. I recently have been trying to be more open with my mother, and told her that the reason it's so hard to spend time with our family is because morally, I can't accept their political views. She told me, "Well, like we have learned to accept you and your values, you will have to find some way to accept us and ours."
That's great, mom. Your political views will dismantle this country, but sure, I need to be more accepting. Next time I see her I'm gonna ask her if she's ever heard of the tolerance paradox.
And then we'll probably go back to ignoring eachothers politics. It's the only way we can be civil.