How about an obsession with trying to be clear in your opinions, and not have words put in your mouth? Of having someone look at your entire statement of opinion (with supporting facts and examples) and not pick out a three-word phrase (meme) and jump up and run with it into a rhetorical jungle.

I like seeing evidence of critical thinking and though I didn't study rhetoric or classical philosophy, I find the types of arguments (logical fallacies) some people come up with speaks a lot about their intellectual honesty. As to whether any of us is right, that's sometimes moot. It's how we got there that counts.

SRS