There is an old saw in litigation - "It doesn't matter what you argue, only who you argue it to." @theprism captured this very well above. A person's belief systems will blind them to objective reality. They will cherry pick facts to support their preconceived ideas of how things should be. And if the facts become too incongruent with their beliefs, will "attack the messenger." Just watch Fox News and MSNBC and you can see this is not a liberal or conservative problem. It is a human race problem. Both sides honestly believe they are being objective and the other guy is being dishonest with the truth. I wish I had a solution to this problem. Maybe smarter people than me can figure this one out.