I think this line in the article made its point well: "The less we know about the mind of another, the more we use our own to fill in the blanks." When we form

I think this line in the article made its point well: "The less we know about the mind of another, the more we use our own to fill in the blanks." When we form our opinions entirely based on individual quotes taken out of context (at worst) instead of actual back-and-forth conversations (at best), we're not going to have an accurate perception of reality. If we then follow-up by labeling a person as not worth talking to, or not "a real human being", then we're gating ourselves off from even the possibility of improving the accuracy of our perceptions.