Basic understanding? How about an extremely high and unwarranted confidence in one's own understanding of what constitutes a fact. I see no signs of having ever

Basic understanding? How about an extremely high and unwarranted confidence in one's own understanding of what constitutes a fact. I see no signs of having ever even considered whether the categories underlying one's thought are even valid. All I see is the mindless repetition of slogans and a superficiality of understanding. Concepts are merely accepted because the comedian or talking head or my environment want me to accept them. In other words, little interest in the truth and little common sense in interpreting events and claims.