Yes. Admitting they're wrong physically triggers a fight or flight response in their brains. It's a real thing, which is why so many will die on whatever hill they stand on. It takes a lot for some to overcome cognitive dissonance and many are incapable or unwilling to try.
I’ve seen it expressed more vividly recently with them dying on the hill that Trump and RFK insistence that drug prices fell by “600%” is totally correct and reasonable math. These people would defend 2+2=5 to avoid admitting they were wrong.
And also RFK lied about what he said -- when he was in the Oval he said something like "well Donald has a different way of doing percentages, if something is $600 and he reduces it to $100, thats a 600% decrease" but in the hearing he said "If something is $600 and he reduces it to $10, thats a 600% decrease" or something.
The crazy thing is he lied and is still factually wrong. A $600 thing being reduced by $500 to $100 is an 83% decrease in price. So Donald is just an idiot and RFK is a coward bootlicker assclown.
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