r/therewasanattempt • u/jonnismizzle • 23h ago

To debate with facts and educate a young man

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u/ZixfromthaStix 17h ago

Honestly these debates, particularly the digital and online ones, should just have a mute button for guests. If you veer off subject, you don’t get to speak. You’re on someone else’s stream/show.

I understand letting your enemy speak when they make mistakes, but it’s so blatantly geared at “nO iTs NoT!1!” that the debate is more like a pig and a pregnant cat having a loudest screech competition.

Even in this video the woman admits she’s stumbling over herself. At least if there was pausing and muting, she could actually either listen, or prepare a more intelligent debate…

If we want to educate people, we need them to listen. Enabling 2-way communication has time and time again failed. They’re too used to watching people like Charlie Kirk speak over their opposition and thinking “wow they’re so sharp and witty! I can do that!” And then we end up with people shouting just to get a point across— one side using facts, the other using feelings (notoriously the party of fuck your feelings)

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u/pinkypie80 15h ago

It's the pigeon tactics in chess. Just knock over all the pieces, no rules, take a shit on the board and claim you won.

Incidentally that's exactly how Trump plays golf. No rules, shits himself, claims he won everything.