Yes. And yes. The systemic attack on education and the push to technological immediacy as a substitute for actual learning has made us dumb and the dumber we are the righter we think our viewpoints are! Read. Learn. Discourse. Not bad words. Not at all.

Not knowing the context of your post, I would also add, forgo the judgment of others that we also judge in ourselves. But that is harder as it requires self-awareness, and self-awareness is in short supply these days.