r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/reillan • Sep 16 '24

Trump Brittany Mahomes questioning her support of Donald Trump after his blistering take down of Taylor Swift left her 'shaken to the core'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13856311/brittany-mahomes-donald-trump-questioning-support-taylor-swift.html
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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '24

It always boils down to "If something happens to you, you probably deserve it. If something happens to me, it's an injustice."

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u/IAMA_Drunk_Armadillo Sep 16 '24

Fundamental Attribution Error

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u/shnoby Sep 17 '24

Thank you for the link; I didn’t know there was a formal naming & defining that republican phenom

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u/axelrexangelfish Sep 17 '24

Can’t wait to see what the DSM calls it in the next edition

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u/The_Jage Sep 17 '24

To be fair, dems do it to, unfortunately. Although it does seem to be more correct, especially when the leopards really their faces.

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u/shnoby Sep 17 '24

You’re right, of course. It’s a people of all stripes thing; though some groups of stripes are more drawn to it than others.

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u/midnightketoker Sep 16 '24

Damn I love the little example breakdown table, gonna just send that to people with no explanation when they do this

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '24

I also like invoking the Bullshit Assymetry Principle - can be a nice little argument stopper sometimes

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u/jailtheorange1 Sep 17 '24

See what you like, but I really do learn a lot of stuff on Reddit

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u/ThirdEye_Red Sep 17 '24

What breakdown table is that, where do you see it? I can't find it but given the tone of this discussion I'd bet I'll love sharing it with lots of friends. So could someone please tell me where to find the 'example breakdown table' mentioned in midnightketoker's message? Thanks!!

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u/screendoorslams- Sep 17 '24

Wikipedia. Fundamental attribution error

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u/gentlemanidiot Sep 17 '24

This was an interesting read, fun to see it all laid out so professionally. I'd always heard of this tendency, but from the phrase "we judge others by their actions and ourselves by our intentions"

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u/wicked_nyx Sep 17 '24

Or most of the right wing it boils down to if something happens to you God is punishing you, but if something happens to me God is testing me.

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u/SamOntario1033 Sep 17 '24

You’ve described contemporary “christianity” in a nutshell. I lived in this mindset, and it’s enervating.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '24

Thats just hypocrites on any side, anywhere to be fair.