Jeff,
I think the problem is my deeper than simply motivated ignorance. As a society we don't even agree that there is such a thing as objective truth, let alone what things actually fall into that category. IMHO rational discourse must be somehow grounded in truth. Without truth, everything is just opinion and who is to say one person's opinion is better than someone else's?
Well, Comey said Hillary didnt intend to be so stupid. I guess, of course, Trump did.