Quote Originally Posted by allegate View Post
That's...sigh. That's not what cognitive dissonance is.
I mean, it sounds pretty similar to me. They were saying that someone might be all "rabble rabble rabble this tactic is horrible and everyone who ever engages in it should be punished!"...until they learn that "their guy" won using the same tactics, in which case they either ignore the news about it entirely or read it and dismiss it. But I'm not even close to a psychologist, so I admit my grasp on the concept of cognitive dissonance isn't the strongest.

The occurrence of cognitive dissonance is a consequence of a person performing an action that contradicts personal beliefs, ideals, and values; and also occurs when confronted with new information that contradicts said beliefs, ideals, and values.