Sincere false believers and cynical deceivers produce the same public messages

Evidence

When the misleaders are themselves operating under erroneous beliefs, the views they voice are not intentional deceptions. They seek to persuade others into believing what they themselves believe. In social deception, public declarations by promoters may belie their private beliefs, which they conceal from those being deceived. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 709

Categorization

• DEFINE: Distinguishes true believers from deceivers as a category distinction within persuasion.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 709
• XREF: connects to: Anyone can counterfeit status symbols because signification inherently permits lying. — W. David Marx, Status and Culture: How Our Desire for…, 231