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ICE agents reportedly detain wife of US soldier just days after their marriage
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 06 Apr 2026
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Do these stories change minds, or are conservatives such masters of cognitive dissonance that nothing at all will cause them to defect from their in-group?
conservatives aren't hearing stories like this very much, they certainly don't read the guardian
doubtful they dont arnt fed these stories on places like FOX, conservative radio, or right wing media. its to keep these people ignorant.
I have seen many posts on X (Twitter) like this one, and after reading the comments, I can confirm that the latter is true. It truly seems to me that conservatives are incapable of empathy.
Exactly. They just shrug and go, "Oh, well. Can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs. Has he considered marrying a white woman? He should head to his local church, I'm sure there's a nice young thing he can scoop up there."
She was a Sunday school teacher so it’s possible that’s where he got this one
Keep in mind that a significant portion of internet comments are bots, especially on X.
That's exactly what a bot would say!
Kidding. I know. You're right.
they have an alternate algorithm. when news like this come up, they perceive it as negative and it impacts whatever engagement they have. Similar to how we start to tune out of stuff that make us upset.
They went all in on and are double downing on "fake news" because they identify with their leader all too well.
edit: the jubilee videos are a good example of how they'll rush to debate a "lib", but they all can't agree with each other's facts its insane.
Cognitive dissonance isn’t a skill, it’s a bias. Generally the way it goes is that the worse things get, the tighter people hold on to their existing belief.
Think about it like this: people living in a prehistoric village are suffering from a famine. Under a lot of stress, people start arguing with each other about what the group should be doing. One person is suffering from cognitive dissonance because they believe the group has the wrong idea. Now, should that person abandon the group and go off on their own? Or should they stick it out and just try to survive?
Evolution favours sticking with the group. Hence cognitive dissonance resolves into status quo bias. Now you might say we’re no longer in that sort of situation. That doesn’t matter actually, because our brains are basically the same as they were 10,000 years ago! We have all the same biases, it’s our environment that has changed so much.
So why is it different for you or me? Simple. We’re part of different groups than they are.
Well, yes. The only things that change people's minds are peer pressure and horrific trauma. People generally believe what their trusted in-group folks believe. And given how many stories there've been like "my family was abducted by ice and i spent a month in jail, but i'd still support trump" I'm not sure about trauma.
One difference that sets maga types apart is their "in-group" is overflowing with liars, fools, and other scumbags. Healthier people consider better people to be in-group.
They never hear about it. And if they do, they assume she did something to antagonize ice and it was his fault for not "controlling his woman".
And all the heroic men and women in The God Blessed United States Military will just talk about how this troubles them but they serve the flag, not the rapist giving them orders and that if people don't start properly respecting them then they don't see a reason to care.
1st the Latinos came for our jobs, now they have come for our soldiers!
And there are both lazy and don't work, and have also simultaneously taken all the jobs.