Yes, I hear you, if we can't exercise opinions they can lose their edge.
Kind of like our culture has been so bombarded with misinformation that lying has almost become standard fare where it used to be rare and disdained.
Some days it gets disgusting when it has been twisted to the point that it is not political but rather reality versus fantasy.
Tough on folks trained in science, as we would find a way to pick the fly shit out of pepper if we could, the argument has moved to whether it is pepper or not.