The line, "Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts," unfortunately hasn't aged well because people weaponize "fact" to mean something incontrovertible when it isn't and so the line is often used to dismiss argument on the other side. "Facts" in most debates are statistical analysis or personal opinion stated as fact -- even the scientific method doesn't produce facts, but rather an ever-evolving state of understanding -- all things that are arguable. Your follow-up definition of civic rationalism, debate governed by logic and reason, and a shared reality is much better for the current day and age -- and the shared reality part often needs to start with an acknowledgment of value differences, rather than an insistence on "facts".
Both "sides" are pushing each other to the extremes. Nobody considers themself "hateful", so the _truth_ the article is talking about is usually a difference in values, priority, or approach. If you call someone hateful who doesn't think of themselves as hateful, you have the effect of pushing them farther out, as their response to you will push you farther out, over and over until we can't talk to each other anymore.
BRAVO! I commit to do better.
The line, "Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts," unfortunately hasn't aged well because people weaponize "fact" to mean something incontrovertible when it isn't and so the line is often used to dismiss argument on the other side. "Facts" in most debates are statistical analysis or personal opinion stated as fact -- even the scientific method doesn't produce facts, but rather an ever-evolving state of understanding -- all things that are arguable. Your follow-up definition of civic rationalism, debate governed by logic and reason, and a shared reality is much better for the current day and age -- and the shared reality part often needs to start with an acknowledgment of value differences, rather than an insistence on "facts".
Well stated. Now, if the Republicans would dial back their hate speech, maybe we could return to civilized discourse.
Both "sides" are pushing each other to the extremes. Nobody considers themself "hateful", so the _truth_ the article is talking about is usually a difference in values, priority, or approach. If you call someone hateful who doesn't think of themselves as hateful, you have the effect of pushing them farther out, as their response to you will push you farther out, over and over until we can't talk to each other anymore.