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If you don’t have fact checkers, a debate loses all its value. Debates must be grounded in fact to have any value at all. Otherwise a “debate” is just a series
by riversflow 2y ago
If you don’t have fact checkers, a debate loses all its value. Debates must be grounded in fact to have any value at all. Otherwise a “debate” is just a series of campaign stump speeches.
- WalterBright 2y agoThe value in a debate is the candidates can directly address the opposition's claims.
- riversflow 2y agoThey routinely do just that in campaign stump speeches.
- frankzinger 2y agoTheoretically, yes, but when every second sentence is a lie it becomes impossible.