We've got to the point where no one can stand being wrong or changing an opinion even if they know it's wrong. People just continue to dig in because their side has to be right.
The people that think they ARE what they believe, an attack on their dogmatic idea(s) is viewed as an attack on their existence.
That's exactly what it is. I don't know how it changed to what it is now. Even back to like Milton Friedman debates both sides could acknowledge a good point. Maybe a result of the everyone wins crap that started getting pushed on kids.
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