"Finally, although the sports issue, especially Lia Thomas, often peaks people, sports does NOT seem to work for people who are deeply dug into their beliefs. We have found they will acknowledge issues of safety and fairness, but because it’s an area of cognitive dissonance they have already recognized in themselves and feel uncomfortabl…
"Finally, although the sports issue, especially Lia Thomas, often peaks people, sports does NOT seem to work for people who are deeply dug into their beliefs. We have found they will acknowledge issues of safety and fairness, but because it’s an area of cognitive dissonance they have already recognized in themselves and feel uncomfortable with not being able to reconcile. it’s the topic they are most resistant to discussing."
A bastard of a good point and the best explanation I've seen so far as to why my otherwise intelligent, retired lawyer, feminist, progressive friend got SO defensive last month when I started talking about Lia Thomas. Boy oh boy did she not want to talk about that...I'm guessing she'd rather preserve her woke house of gender identity cards....
"Finally, although the sports issue, especially Lia Thomas, often peaks people, sports does NOT seem to work for people who are deeply dug into their beliefs. We have found they will acknowledge issues of safety and fairness, but because it’s an area of cognitive dissonance they have already recognized in themselves and feel uncomfortable with not being able to reconcile. it’s the topic they are most resistant to discussing."
A bastard of a good point and the best explanation I've seen so far as to why my otherwise intelligent, retired lawyer, feminist, progressive friend got SO defensive last month when I started talking about Lia Thomas. Boy oh boy did she not want to talk about that...I'm guessing she'd rather preserve her woke house of gender identity cards....