University of Toronto philosophy professor Mark Kingwell Email him ] makes the profound observation that people do not necessarily change their opinions when presented with better information. Most people are irrational, you see, and therefore our political beliefs are often irrational too. And so what other recourse do you have but to shut up all the illogical yahoos out there—i.e. everyone from the Alt Right to Fox News, all right-leaning opinion in other words. [ Don’t bother trying to understand those on the ‘other side’ , by Mark Kingwell, Toronto Globe And Mail, August 31, 2017]

Of course, I argue against this at Alternative Right (he also makes the ridiculous claim that some ideological questions are settled), but while I'm at it, I also vent about the childishness at the root of left-wing morality