"Building a Nation of Know-Nothings"

NY Times editorial on the horrifying political scene we have with even basic facts flagrantly lied about - this terrifies me - it is distressing how easily our species falls for this over and over again... and if we have this sort of purposely-spread lies/nonsense/ignorance on things so basic and fundamental, how the fuck can we make progress on things like transgender rights or not causing our own extinction or fixing our poverty gap... [via Daring Fireball]