Isn&#x27;t this kind of the reasoning the article is talking about?<p>I mean, I assume you think your positions are reasonably thought out. Perhaps other people also think their positions are reasonably thought out?<p>My takeaway from this article is to give people this benefit of the doubt. Sometimes this means acknowledging that _I_ am the one who is parroting something I heard from someone I agree with generally.<p>On a practical level, Onion articles aren&#x27;t going to stop people from Trump&#x2F;Cruz&#x2F;Le Pen&#x2F;Farage(well nobody votes for Farage anyways ;)). Though sometimes there&#x27;s good fun in circlejerking, if you&#x27;re legitimately worried about the other side&#x27;s positioning, not taking them seriously from the outset you won&#x27;t be able to do much convincing&#x2F;persuading.