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Political opposition is not always based on systemic reasoning

Politicians use emotionally charged words, and distort the import of what is proposed in order to score political points and get sound bites reported. They also reason from fixed ideological positions, quoting anecdotes to reinforce their case. Objective systematic thinking is to be preferred.

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