Cognitive dissonance
Normies are undergoing a severe existential crisis brought about by the co-existence (in an identical but impossibly incongruent space) of two opposing and competing sets of information simultaneously claiming a FACTUAL LABEL - and presented to them by the very people they have traditionally long trusted.
This happens when what appeared to be facts on the ground does NOT MATCH what their TRUSTED long-time Pundits (seen as "Friends") are saying - The traumatized Human mind will go into a powerful existential protective mode in order to maintain even a false sense of sanity - even if it is only to their own minds.
Friends or Loved ones who have long put their trust in the pundits on Mainstream Media and have believed that they are ALWAYS truthful are traumatized Now when it is very clear (to the awakened) that the MSM is lying about literally everything
Meantime, Those who continued to TRUST them - and who simply cannot reconcile all the glaring externally verifiable but contradictory facts with what is being STATED to them Those who cannot fit the glaring contradictory facts on the ground into the same Mental space occupied by the mendacious words of their beloved "Pundits" find their precious but now factually-deficient "World View" forced into an impossible situation sharing the same enclosed space with outrageous Lies and they see only two forms of escape:
One avenue of escape allows them to keep their flagging world view and one will destroy their world view forever and change their lives.
Either they must Lose their religion (and failing world view) and admit to existential devastation and choose to see the truth ( admitting they have been LIED TO) or… They must cling to their failing reality at all costs become completely and insanely BLIND to the obvious. Those whose trauma (or Fear) exceeds their ability to choose the former will descend into cognitive dissonance. They become blind to reality no matter how glaring the incongruity may be or how obvious it is. It is a type of temporary insanity.
It helps (Helps those who love them or those who witness this astounding descent into insanity) to realize that it is actually a sort of CRUDE MENTAL and even spiritual survival tactic and a product of our incredibly creative Human Minds.
For example it would actually serve a severely Traumatized child very well (temporarily at least) - in allowing an innocent child to go through incredibly horrific torture relatively unscathed as far as visible scars go. In fact this type of drastic emergency mental protective measure is precisely described by MKUltra mind control techniques and is understood VERY WELL by those in the Main Stream Media and the Deep State and the CIA. Torture is inflicted on a subject and then a MENTAL "OUT" is provided to the victim by the torturer. The child TAKES the "out" because it is their only means of escape. They can mentally at least – float above their torture.
It is an example of Devils forcing Angels to use a last resort tactic.
We can see DELIBERATE and calculated intentions by the Dark Forces to force people into a state of cognitive dissonance on every single Main Stream Media Newscast. Where the smiling "friendly" icons purporting to be our "Allies" will deliberately state things which even the most cursory examination of facts on the ground proves to be false and yet the LIES are calmly stated with absolute conviction behind masks resembling absolute perfectly manufactured false sincerity. This forces anyone who hangs onto false hope straight into cognitive dissonance which effectively shuts down ANY information contradicting the desired narrative.
Juan on "The Five" with Greg Gutfield (Fox) is a prime example of cognitive dissonance.
And this is exactly the effect intended by those who are deliberately perpetrating the cognitive dissonance.
I'll just leave these thoughts here. Since many people have difficulty understanding WHY so many appear to be insane these days.