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arrow-up1218arrow-down1external-linkFormer Trump Pastor Freed From Prison After Serving 6 Months for Child Sexual Abusewww.ms.nowGuyFawkesV@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 16 hours agomessage-square17fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBillyClark@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·14 hours agoI understand what you mean, then, but I think it’s part of a definition of a con man that they know they are deceiving others.
minus-squareSnailpick42@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·14 hours ago con man Perhaps, but the cognitive dissonance is real with these people. For example: eating and drinking the flesh and blood of a deity. Some are told to believe they are, but deep down know it’s a lie.
I understand what you mean, then, but I think it’s part of a definition of a con man that they know they are deceiving others.
Perhaps, but the cognitive dissonance is real with these people. For example: eating and drinking the flesh and blood of a deity. Some are told to believe they are, but deep down know it’s a lie.