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by nailer 281 days ago
It sounds like you’ve never watched any debating, whether at a world class university, parliament, or a high school. They’re no greater or lesses than Kirk’s debates were.
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myroon5 270 days ago
Trying to win debates as a ~sport seemingly involves exactly the type of bad faith dialogue people find distasteful:

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Spreading_(debate)

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_gallop

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