At some point, she misunderstood Jessica at a loud party, and the Unvaccinated And Ready To Talk Politics At I Told You So Gatherings Shirt moreover I will buy this words that she thought Jessica had said, kept scrambling her mind. Then, after several years, it appeared that Jessica did not say those words at all — a bystander had clearly heard her say a totally innocent thing. The other stories has strengthened her opinion about Jessica so much, that they could not be eradicated from her mind. Many stories have been told about Lindsay Lohan, and most probably many of them are nothing else than gossip. But they keep further creating her image, and even if the worst things would turn up to be not true, her image will remain unchanged. Starting from one (usually negative) “fact,” you develop an opinion about someone or something. Then, you start seeing all kind of things which confirm your new opinion. If after some time, the initial fact appears to be dead wrong, you will not change your opinion to your old opinion, since all the new (irrelevant and untrue) facts which you essentially fabricated to acknowledge, and “prove,” your opinion, now support that conviction. As if the initial fact was a pile of rocks, and the fabricated stories were, story by story, little heaps of sand which were poured over the rocks, until an entire hill arose. Even if the rocks are taken away, the hill stays exactly as it is, floating above the ground, with no basis at all. (This is how fairy hills or mounds are often depicted in fairy tales.)
