(#5970) Prejudice, cruelty, ignorance, thuggery, and cowardice, our American devolvement

      The title covers what we here in America are currently exporting into the world. I am so ashamed of my fellow Americans for turning their minds off to the truth of our demoralization. What is most ironic is that most of us still think we are on the high road. How unnatural it is for me to witness this absolute illogic. I know people who think they are doing good in the world while consciously wrestling against their part in destroying the good in the world. There is a word for that and it is called cognitive dissonance. From Google: Where a state of mental discomfort experienced when a person holds two or more conflicting thoughts, beliefs, or values simultaneously, or when their behavior clashes with their beliefs.
     I do believe most of them understand the conflict but have decided that their personal choice outweighs the evidence of their damage. The logic of their conflict is downgraded so that their desire is accomplished with minimal to no guilt. The fact that they are not able to comprehend the differences is an example of their inability to think in a complex way. I am not a psychologist nor sociologist but the evidence is simple enough to generally rationalize. To me the conflict speaks of some deep conviction or personal harm that must be justified regardless of it's effect on the logic of the conflict. That in itself is proof of a stagnant mindset against the growth of reasoning, analyzing, and concluding. It also speaks to the limited ability of too many people not to understand what freedom means and actually looks like.
     As it is right now we here in America are being portrayed accurately. We cannot even stand up for our own democracy and the rights of humans. Two of the main concepts that allowed us to stand shoulder to shoulder with honor and admiration. We are even now attacking the rule of law as the cohesion that makes freedom, liberty, and justice equal for all. Our American nation is shameful and not worthy of any reward for enlightened exemplification. Not all Americans are under this dystopian spell and hopefully the nightmarish return of those who would will be short and unsuccessful. However the truth is that in this moment we are not a redeeming nation that can hold its head high without lying to ourselves.