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It depends on why. In order for it to be cognitive dissonance they have to know that they are wrong and have a problem with that, without those two things it isn't cognitive dissonance it's just some ignoramus being a jerk.
But isn't an ignoramus being a jerk someone who refuses to weigh new information and justifies their behavior based on what they already know despite new information?
Refusing to weigh new information is not cognitive dissonance. If they did evaluate new information, realized that their opinion is wrong, and then made up a reason to continue believing as they had all along in spite of the new information then that would be cognitive dissonance.
Doesn't it depend on the reason that the refuse to weigh new information?