Subject: Re: Look on the bright side
"I've been lied to over 40,000 times, I have the measles, I can't afford gas and it is now clear to me that the President of the United States is a rapist/pedophile.
But admitting you're wrong is hard. It's called escalation of commitment.
The more a person invests in a decision the harder it becomes to walk away regardless of the evidence.
I defended him at Thanksgiving. Cut off friends & family. Put his flag on my truck.
Wore his hat. Repeated his lies. Bought his sneakers. Lost money on his scam stock & scam coins.
A decade of loyalty publicly performed in front of everyone I know.
The shame keeps me in the cult." ~Dope1