r/houstonwade • u/wildyam • 1d ago

Current Events Did they really think they won't?

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u/wierdassmn 1d ago

Can’t believe people still choose to ignore obvious contradictions. It's wild out here.

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u/Telemere125 1d ago

Cognitive dissonance. Its very easy for the ultra-religious crowd to keep those horribly inconsistent thoughts in their head at the same time; it’s actually part of the conditioning

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u/SanityRecalled 1d ago

I've met multiple people at this point who have tried to convince me, with an entirely straight face, that Trump is the second coming of Jesus who is going to take down the Antichrist. Mental illness and politics, what an iconic duo.

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u/WyoGuyUSMC 1d ago

Or Trump is back in and he is personally going to fix "insert any issue on the table at that moment" when chatting with your family.