BrightBlessings said:
FURIOUS DENIAL

That’s the psychological process by which someone whose belief system is under assault by empirical evidence feels like a cornered dog and comes out snarling and snapping, clamping onto some side issue, flinging shit everywhere, frantically trying to get past the problem without acknowledging the reality or admit doubt or failure.
I don't believe there is a single individual not a bit guilty of this at some time. The real danger is when you hold back because you are afraid it could happen on mass from within and the psychs call it GROUP THINK.