Debate or argument?
I would propose to discuss the relative merits of a debate versus an argument.
Whether it's climate change, religion, politics, guns, or ice cream, if your point is to make a point, you should be debating.
If you're trying to educate others, you should be debating.
If your goal is the manufacture and dissemination of misinformation, you should be debating.
If you want to show how smart you are, you should be debating.
If your desire is to humiliate, subjugate or dominate others, or raise your own blood pressure, or increase the level of tension and dissatisfaction in the Cellar - or in the world; if you want to show how ignorant you are, or generally cast yourself in a bad light - then you should be arguing.
In the Cellar - as in the world - I see too much arguing and not enough debating.
What would you like to see?
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