I've grown to separate the terms feeling and feelings because I think it confuses many (including myself at times).

I have much respect for feeling (intuition) and often if one is aware can become a highly valuable sense. Feelings which manifest inside of feeling not so much as they are, in my opinion a manifestation from the scripts we have running in our minds.

And yes, good propaganda will often provide both facts and emotion. Although it seems to me that propaganda can often be quite effective when it appeals solely on feelings.

Have you found any cognitive dissonance triggers?

I have two I've used a lot in public the last few years.

When I encounter someone who has a rage against Trump, I often will nod my head as they blather on solely on emotion. Once i can get a word in I then love to say what else can we expect from the lifelong Democrat. Sometimes this will elicit an actual response about him being a republican to which I point out he was a lifelong Democrat and only switched parties so he could win an election.

The other one is before they lifted the mask mandates for non vaccinated, I enjoyed wearing my in public stores and such. I would start a conversation at the registers and channel my inner Karen. Voicing my disgust with all of the people in the store not wearing their masks, that Dr. Fauci and the CDC said that even vaccinated one could catch and transmit the virus. that it was absolutely disgusting how many people were so selfish and willing to be a danger to everyone else when the shot is only to minimize the severity of ones own reaction to Covid, not the transmissibility.

Of course, I think the shots are worthless. The entire point of that exchange is to give an illusion I'm one of them and they are being careless thinking the injection protects others (I can't see they protect anything and only can cause harm potentially dependent on the batch one gets).

It was a hoot as often the person behind me was vaccinated without their mask. I was speaking from the moral high ground of a priest in the Covid cult and displaying virtue signaling at its finest to raise doubts about the motivations and outcomes those who inject the poison hold.

I like it coz the target is fucked with either a yes or no answer.

Indeed.