Pollyanna: Optimists
Cassandra: Pessimists
Crossing the Rubicon: Breaking a taboo barrier
noblesse oblige:
Cognitive dissonance is an uncomfortable feeling caused by holding two contradictory ideas simultaneously. The theory of cognitive dissonance proposes that people have a motivational drive to reduce dissonance by changing their attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors, or by justifying or rationalizing them.
WIkipedia explains it well here
Breitbart
curmudgeon
nebulous: Nefariuos
Cassandra: Pessimists
Crossing the Rubicon: Breaking a taboo barrier
noblesse oblige:
Raison entendre:
- Whoever claims to be noble must conduct himself nobly.
- (Figuratively) One must act in a fashion that conforms to one's position, and with the reputation that one has earned.
Cognitive dissonance is an uncomfortable feeling caused by holding two contradictory ideas simultaneously. The theory of cognitive dissonance proposes that people have a motivational drive to reduce dissonance by changing their attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors, or by justifying or rationalizing them.
WIkipedia explains it well here
Breitbart
curmudgeon
nebulous: Nefariuos
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