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[–] el_muerte@lemm.ee 22 points 6 days ago (1 children)

There's no cognitive dissonance here, and far too many people misuse the term. Cognitive dissonance is a feeling of discomfort a person feels from holding beliefs that contradict each other or from behaving contrary to their beliefs.

This is just plain old stupidity. These assholes believed vaccines are a hoax, their daughter died as a result, and they still believe vaccines are a hoax. They behaved exactly as one would expect antivaxxers to behave.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Willful ignorance?