245
My parents like Pete Hegseth. How is this possible? (pawb.social)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
93 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Seriously, they are both former military, my dad was in for like 30 years, how do they like the drunk secretary? I get that he saw combat, but being in combat doesn't automatically make you qualified for... well anything except therapy and medical care.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 4 points 10 months ago

I think my best guess is the “mere exposure effect”. The guy and his ego strikes me as something that’s probably fairly common in the military (as far as I can tell from the outside). Being exposed to a lot of men like him probably makes him feel comfortably familiar.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
    •