But of course the stakes are high, and millions of Americans who follow political news as entertainment could end up believing simplistic talking points or even outright misinformation.
It's not Trump's conservative bona fides that made him the Republican frontrunner; it's because he voiced his rage in the kind of simplistic AM talk radio jargon the GOP base has longed to hear a candidate express.
But when there is a unified campaign of rape and hundreds of women are attacked in one vicious swoop as their supposed protectors sit helplessly by a few miles away, then it is much too simplistic to talk about rape solely in terms of individual men and women.
Already head of a cabinet anti-terrorism committee, Mr Manley spoke publicly on October 4th of Canada's "glaring inadequacy" in spending on defence and intelligence-gathering.He has felt confident enough to answer the repeated American call for a perimeter wall of harmonised immigration and refugee regulations around North America with the remark that he finds such talk simplistic.
The misinformation and simplistic solutions propounded by talk radio and the Republican Party are having an effect even in a state that preferred Mr. Obama by 14 points two years ago.
Bush dismissed Cruz's talk as simplistic ("carpet bombing isn't a strategy," he noted) and detailed the steps he would take: insure the Kurdish militia was sufficiently armed, the Iraqi military better trained, local Sunni leaders engaged, and a no-fly zone established.
Politicians and pundits tend to adopt a position on how much is enough and argue their position in simplistic sound bites and talking points.
Sarah Palin, with her reliance on spouting talking points, simplistic approach to issues and complete lack of experience beyond a half term as governor of a state the size of Columbus, Ohio, is not competent to be discussing North Korea.
Given the success of the previous process, including the clandestine talks between McGuinness and MI5 operatives in Derry, the rather simplistic conclusion is drawn that talks will once more yield similar results: a total cessation of violence.
There is a serious debate going on about the future of humanitarian interventions, but the left have almost completely absented themselves from it, preferring to talk instead in simplistic slogans.
