This is the behavior of people who are guarding a belief that they desperately want to be true, and will cling to it through hell or high water.
Va ehleketa leswaku vanhu lava tshembekaka va ta ya etilweni, kasi lavan'wana va ta siyiwa va xaniseka emisaveni leyi nga ni mpfilumpfilu kumbe va hoxiwa etiheleni.