Right; people used to argue over interpretation of facts. Now no one seems to even care about facts, evidence, consistent stories, anything, just who can shout

Right; people used to argue over interpretation of facts. Now no one seems to even care about facts, evidence, consistent stories, anything, just who can shout the loudest, debates are won by “shaming” the opponent, and so on. And Facebook has encouraged this because “enragement is engagement”.