I agree that I was following a bit of a tangent. However, I do wonder how it's even possible to be committed to the idea of truth if one can so easily overlook

I agree that I was following a bit of a tangent. However, I do wonder how it's even possible to be committed to the idea of truth if one can so easily overlook the obvious flaws of one's own "side", always immediately changing the subject to the badness of the other side.