A good moderator will have a question ready for each speaker, just in case there are crickets. I've certainly seen dumb and ideologically or politically motiva

A good moderator will have a question ready for each speaker, just in case there are crickets. I've certainly seen dumb and ideologically or politically motivated questions, but I think almost any discussion is better than no discussion. And if you can't publicly discuss your topic, you've no business presenting on it.