WHAT HAPPENED TO ISSUES THAT REASONABLE MEN COULD DIFFER ON?

WHAT HAPPENED TO ISSUES THAT REASONABLE MEN COULD DIFFER ON? The concept that reasonable men can differ about factual issues is still good doctrine in the courts, but I rarely encounter it in public discourse. Even the most complicated factual issues (and most public policy issues are complicated)—issues which historians will still be debating a century from now— are usually treated briefly, and disagreement is dismissed as unreasonable.