1/ When people read Graham's statement they think, "wow, what hypocrisy!" But, I'm sure he doesn't feel like a hypocrite. Explicit statements are rationalizations of (often latent) beliefs and justifications for desired consequences. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2018/05/05/franklin-graham-trumps-affair-with-stormy-daniels-is-nobodys-business/ …
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2/ Graham doesn't feel like a hypocrite, because he is essentially saying, "defend Donald Trump," who has become a totem for his identity. This is clearly consistent with Graham's beliefs and those of Evangelicals. Trump exploits this.pic.twitter.com/Zs0MlEpGpM
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3/ "Hypocrite!" has no useful political or social power, because confronted with their obvious contradictions, people reflexively revisit their latent beliefs and the desired conclusions and find them consistent. There is no belief dilemma that we can't route around.pic.twitter.com/cT6EleK8w2
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4/ When I say the accusation (even if correct) has no useful power, I mean exactly that. It is powerful. It puts the cognitive emphasis on the person / group which expresses (and only incidentally holds) the contradiction. So, it reinforces and reproduces the contradiction.pic.twitter.com/x2YTx8dQlS
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5/ I get the need to call a hypocrite a hypocrite. And, sometimes I do -- it bleeds off a bit of pressure. But, I also try not to because attention is valuable and it's a misallocation. Focus on harms, the clear and present ones and those that are predictable. This isn't that.
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