Yesterday, Facebook blew up with people expressing, with delusional authority, their opinions about the Brett Kavanaugh situation. Here’s how it broke down:

Trump supporters: believe Kavanaugh. He’s innocent, and Lindsey Graham is God’s servant. “Ditto” to whatever Rush Limbaugh says.

Not Trump supporters: believe Christine Blasey Ford. He’s guilty, and they’re still mad about Merrick Garland. “Ditto” to whatever Rachel Maddow says.

Is nobody capable of making up their own mind? Is everyone so mindless, so incapable of independent thought, that they automatically embrace the party line, and refuse to even acknowledge any evidence to the contrary? Is there no room for discussion?

I’m not a Trump supporter (Breaking News!), but here’s my opinion: I don’t have a clue. There are holes in both stories, and the Senators on both sides–though individually good men and women, I’ve chosen to believe–are entrapped in an abominably dysfunctional system that, in group situations, turns them all into crazed, grandstanding jerks.

Members of each tribe, Republican and Democrat, believe their side is wholly righteous and the other side is the epitome of evil. That their side speaks only the truth, and there is no merit to ANYTHING coming from the other side.

As a person who weighs the merits (and doesn’t claim membership in either tribe), this drives me nuts. I like discussing things rationally. But it has become practically impossible. Hardly anyone makes up their own mind anymore. They just mindlessly accept the party line.

Is this a preview of how people will respond to the Mueller report? Most likely.