The lack of critical thinking is verbal abuse. It's the distortion of facts. It's the disregard of logic. It's false assumptions and disinformation. It leads to distrust, misunderstandings, disagreements, resentments and rage. We need to choose our words wisely. We need to say what we mean without bias and prejudice. Objectivity matters. If we want our relationships to be healthy and our world to be healthy, we need to inject critical thinking into the fabric of our lives on all levels. We need to demand it of ourselves, our leaders and our media. Truth works. Lies, distortions and hypocrisies, in the long run, do not.