Curved_Sw0rd
Just Like That Bluebird
A topic I've been wanting to explore for a while but I've been putting it off for... well, no good reason. The purpose of this thread is to explore exercises that make one better at debating politics without just becoming a robot that regurgitates talking points or hissing and screaming or what have you. All the better if one can have fun and actually learn something while doing so.
Actual healthy debate is incredibly important, and seems to be becoming much rarer, though that could be the fact the loudest voices are the ones heard most easily.
Thing is, I'm not exactly an expert on this sort of thing. I'm aware of Steelmanning, of building an opposing argument up instead of offering a weak strawman, and I do believe it's good practice to assume the person you're talking to isn't an idiot, as much as one might like them to be.
I'd love to hear other methods, and ideas that I might have missed.
Actual healthy debate is incredibly important, and seems to be becoming much rarer, though that could be the fact the loudest voices are the ones heard most easily.
Thing is, I'm not exactly an expert on this sort of thing. I'm aware of Steelmanning, of building an opposing argument up instead of offering a weak strawman, and I do believe it's good practice to assume the person you're talking to isn't an idiot, as much as one might like them to be.
I'd love to hear other methods, and ideas that I might have missed.