It's a mistake to consider this a political issue first. It is a mental health problem that risks widespread damage to civil and social trust mechanisms, and it

It's a mistake to consider this a political issue first. It is a mental health problem that risks widespread damage to civil and social trust mechanisms, and it infects everything including politics. Mental health problems making someone incompetent does not discriminate based on political affiliation. And it can be contagious. Its victims aren't Democratic or Republican or unaffilliated. The victims are rational thought, logical processes, facts, truth, trust, and civility. Damaging those things is intentional because they are basic requirements for accountability. Calling such conversations political, and thus proscribed, helps paper over and silence the necessary conversation. It's the exact opposite of partisan. You are exactly correct to call it dangerous, and it's only going to get worse.