[dang]

You might have a point if people were simply pointing out facts instead of slamming enemies and pouring on the snark.

Even then, though, years of this job have taught me that everyone overestimates the overlap between their views and the pure truth, and that this effect grows, I would even say exponentially, with the intensity of one's commitment to a topic. To contribute well to a thoughtful discussion, each of us needs to take this effect into account and find some way to compensate for it.

[cosmiccatnap]

What if I told you those are the facts...

[dang]

I would say that's a category error. But I'm not sure I understand your meaning, or you mine.