• null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    22 hours ago

    I’m not a psychologist but I suspect there’s something amiss here.

    Like a lot of these people if he steps back from his loyalty to Trump, he’s kind of admitting that he’s partially responsible for what’s happened.

    Clinging to this shaky narrative of how this is actually a good thing allows him to offload the guilt.

    I think this might be “delusional” in the clinical sense.

    Over time the belief becomes more entrenched. Something like muscle memory but a thought pattern. It will then become the basis for even nuttier thoughts.

    It’s sad for him, it’s sadder for her, it’s even sadder for their kids who might me next. It’s just shit all the way down.

    • RawrGuthlaf@lemmy.sdf.org
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      21 hours ago

      I do see a trend with the conservative base here where getting them to admit they are wrong about ANYTHING is like a personal attack and they simply are not equipped with the emotional prowess and maturity needed to learn from it.

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        8 hours ago

        It’s a core characteristic they’ve learned from HitlerPig, who learned it from his mentor Roy Cohn, who always said that you never admit that you were wrong or were defeated. Always declare victory, and NEVER, EVER apologize.

        HitlerPig lives by that, and his followers have adopted it as well.