regarding the @Zinhead 's video of people with a poor grasp of seemingly basic historical facts, I recall a term from another thread called steel manning that really challenged my modus operandi. It means seeking out the best argument of the other side and then wrestling with it, rather than its opposite which would be “straw manning” or attacking the low-hanging fruit
I realize that it’s easy to look at carefully crafted video compilations or FB memes or the bajillions of other click bait sensory inputs that assault us minute by minute (especially in this political season) – but I’m going to try to reform and stop engaging those.
It’s easy to snort at a video – it’s more difficult to really try to understand what is the “other side’s” best argument and try to attend to that.