“Reacher” has a large contingency of Conservatives who watch his show. I’ll be curious to see if they stick with him after he’s attacked them and what they stand for.
a master strategist would realize a simple verbal lie wouldn't cut it. He needed to do something so shocking, public, and embarrassing that no sane person would ever fake it.
This is the thought process of the Burger King incident in Georgia 2004 by William Powell
Those first two from the bottom are where a person can be manipulated to look in another direction. They threaten your Physiological Survival and Safety.
This is the new normal!! Except with no psychological discomfort
Cognitive dissonance is the psychological discomfort you feel when your actions, beliefs, or values clash with one another.