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Originally Posted by jAZ
It still amazes me how many people were so eager to deny and excuse the obvious signals of steroid use at the time.
The vast, vast majority of people discussing the issue publicly during the early days of were fans finding any number of rationalizations why this or that guy or record or performance or whatever wasn't because of steroids.
Steroids won't make you hit the ball better. It was a "juiced ball". It was the conditioning. It was this or that.
When you can't get baseball fan to see past their idealism and blind passion for the game and question that maybe baseball players might be abusing steroids, how in the world can we expect the general public to see past any number of examples of BS and lying going on in other areas of public life.
It's threads like this that draw into stark contrast how widespread cognitive dissonance can be.
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Steroids can make your career last longer, get you feeling better in a shorter amount of time as you get older, and they increase strength, so they can improve performance. If they didn't do anything then why did so many players take them, and continue to take them despite the risk of suspension and public humilation? For fun?