people constantly say “cognitive dissonance” when they should be using doublethink. there is no ‘dissonance’ when you see absolutely no problem with believing 2 completely contradictory things, e.g., “we must protect the children” and “oh well nothing we can do about school shootings”
Newspeak and Doublethink
people constantly say “cognitive dissonance” when they should be using doublethink. there is no ‘dissonance’ when you see absolutely no problem with believing 2 completely contradictory things, e.g., “we must protect the children” and “oh well nothing we can do about school shootings”