I don't really see how a debate being easier to parse is necessarily a bad thing. While it could suggest that the candidates are less intelligent or that the po

I don't really see how a debate being easier to parse is necessarily a bad thing. While it could suggest that the candidates are less intelligent or that the populace is less intelligent, it could also suggest that the candidates are attempting to reach more people or that the use of words with less syllables has become more common in the english language over time.