I've just been thru this thread. Non-Partisan political comment might be a contradiction in terms. Aritotle (I think) said "Man(meaning 'people',people)Man is a political animal". I think that's probably because we cannot, a priori, tell the whole truth, we have to select, because of our limitations, and we're going to select according to one bias or another. "Facts" is another hot potato - see E.H.Carr's "What is History"; essentially 'facts' don't just lie there - we select them. My choice of route thru is to become more aware, and to nurture increasing awareness in others. We're also lumbered with a vast knowledge deficit. People owe a lot of their opinions to the varying depths of their ignorance. I include myself in that.
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