I read this awhile back and have thought about it a lot. I hope some will discuss it at face value on its own merits, even if you know the author:
Is he right?
The reason so many people misunderstand so many issues is not that these issues are so complex, but that people do not want a factual or analytical explanation that leaves them emotionally unsatisfied. They want villains to hate and heroes to cheer" and they don't want explanations that do not give them that.
Is he right?