Jerry
2011-05-05 21:54:04

General P. Mayonnaise wrote, “the cognitive dissonance is in the western listener.”

Cognitive dissonance is a process, not a state. It is what happens when behavior differs from conviction. The dissonance is resolved in the direction of the behavior. The strength of this mechanism can be seen in the anomalous thinking on the Left that has resulted from contact with Islamists.