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Leonardo DiCaprio Endorses Kamala Harris and Bashes Trump for Ignoring Climate Change: ‘He Continues to Deny the Science’ (variety.com)
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[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 54 points 2 months ago (3 children)

At first, I was like, "Who cares?"

But as I think about it, people and especially Conservatives, love to use the Wolf of Wall Street as a source of memes and personal meaning. They imagine their heroes are Jordan Belfort "sticking it to the elites," and I have to wonder if they won't feel some kind of cognitive dissonance when they want to use this character in the future, now that DiCaprio has come out against Trump and in support of Harris.

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Narrator: They experienced no cognitive dissonance whatsoever, and things remained unchanged.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 2 points 2 months ago

I know you're being facetious, but just to be clear for those in the back (since the internet often misunderstands words), you can experience cognitive dissonance and still continue doing the same things afterwards.

It's just that uncomfortable feeling when you are presented with an idea that conflicts with your beliefs about reality. I fully expect they'll figure out how to get past it with some mental gymnastics, a thought-terminating-cliche, or (gasp) accepting reality and recognizing that the character is fictional.

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Imagine choosing who to vote for, based on who a character from a meme endorses.

Democracy is broken.

[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Democracy is broken

Democracy has always been an illusion my dude.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

They used a gay actor I to BDSM for anti covid memes, so I dont that sekc reoefction is their strong suite.

[–] TastyWheat@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

..... You right mate? Smelling toast at all?