Another sort-of political post, but also a humane post

Due to recent events, I would like to observe that when people are invested in another person, they tend to be willing to defend that person far longer than other people think is reasonable.

Please be kind; it appears that this is completely natural.

I think we've reached something irreducible with that summary/non-transcript: you're all in for him, no matter what, or not.

— LessStructuredHat (@Popehat) September 25, 2019

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It would be tempting to say, “if you support him now, after this, we cannot talk again”, but really they are just falling into a variant of the sunk-cost fallacy; they have invested so much of their own personality in supporting him that it is difficult to abandon it.

And I can't tell whether the Republicans saying "everything is fine!" are gaslighting, or honestly believe it, or don't believe it but are panicked and can't think of anything better to say. Relative to expectations, what's in the transcript is way worse than I'd have thought.

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) September 25, 2019

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Some never will; yes, they are lost. But be kind to those that abandon it and accept that they were wrong, even if they wont be shouting it from the rooftops.

Also:

Some of the stupidest criminals in the world are working right here in America. I've always been very proud of that.

— Sorkin Dialogue (@sorkinese) September 25, 2019

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