> And so long as your arguments are reasonably factually based, it's never really possible to lose a debate, unless you choose to That's the trouble with the e

> And so long as your arguments are reasonably factually based, it's never really possible to lose a debate, unless you choose to That's the trouble with the expression "losing a debate". There is the notion that you've been defeated. So what actually happened is not a debate, but a fight. A debate is something you can learn from, a gain.