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Here we have two separate articles. Both about the stock market. One good news and one bad news kind of articles. Read them and then get back to me. Don't rush, I can wait.
Back? Okay good. Like I said in the disclaimer, I make no claims to understanding the basic mechanics behind stocks/stock market/stock fluctuations etc. I can barely do basic math, let alone understand the convoluted numbers behind the Cult of Stocks. Numbers, I don't do. However I do comment on human nature.
Okay so for the sake of argument, lets take these articles on face value. Article one says that things are both hunky and dorey. Thanks to the Coffee Place that I hate, stocks are doing better than they have for years and years. YAY! Article two says certain stocks are doing super crappy and that things are going to hell in a handbasket. With me so far?
Now here is where human nature comes into comical play. On the negative news article, all blame is placed upon our ruling president and all of his actions. This evil incarnate man and his Socialist policies (Which aren't really Socialist IMNSHO but hey.) are destroying the Amurrican Way Of Life. (Huh spells AWOL wonder if there is something to that?) Down with Obama! Angry Villagers gather!
On the positive article, things are doing good. Stocks are up, kittens are purring and puppies are dancing. So what do you see in the comments section? Basically "Well, maybe things are going better and looking up but Obama has ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with it. All of these events (Gas prices going down, stocks going up etc) happened magically despite the fact that Obama is in office.
It all boils down to Cognitive Dissonance (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance Link supplied for those who have not heard the term before) and the magic of the "logic" that occurs when it happens to people. Basically, people become so convinced of their beliefs that even when evidence comes forth that completely disproves their beliefs, they refuse to admit it. Instead they claim meddling by "opposing forces" to distort the "truth."
You see is all the time in Conspiracy Theories where no matter how much hard evidence is brought forward to prove or disprove the events in question (Moon Landing, 9/11 and now Sandy Hook), people refuse to believe it because they "know" the truth.
People "Know" that Obama is the bad guy. They "know" all Republicans/Democrats are evil money grubbing puppets (Wait, might be something to that last one.) and as the comments in these two articles prove, no amount of evidence will convince them otherwise. What does that say about Humans and about Americans in general?
End of Rant
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