We all want to know the Truth. It is a natural desire in all of us. Additionally, we all believe that there is and can only be one reality, ours. This causes us to view all opposing narratives as nothing more than propaganda and lies pushed by subversive operatives. This is a fallacy and a dangerous one. Holding such beliefs turns informed voters with differing information into enemy factions who fail to see each other as equals.

If we were going to have a civil national political conversation it needs to start from a place of commonality. The simplest and most productive place to begin our political conversations is this: No one has a complete understanding of what is True. No one has all the information necessary to form a complete understanding of the political realities of the moment. We can discuss the implications of a society as in the dark to its own political realities as we are in America in the 21st century, I think that would be a fruitful discussion to have, but until we all recognize how ignorant we are to the Truth we will never be able to understand one another. We don't really understand ourselves or the reality of our nation.