And Rubin’s comment “making differences impossible to bridge and reasoned debate nearly impossible” is very important.
It’s impossible to debate someone who is starting with a different set of “facts.” God, remember when we didn’t have to put “facts” in quotes? Con man don’s administration has taken fox’s work over the last several decades and run with it. Fox viewers were truth-challenged before, and it’s only gotten worse. How do you use logic, reason, evidence, and facts to debate someone when they’re starting with different “facts”?