Will the Republican 2024 presidential candidates debate in good faith at their primary? [View all]
A "good faith" political debate is one you might have with friends while enjoying cigars and scotch. It is characterized by alternating between addressing previous statements and genuinely listening to the next. Good faith debaters will employ the conversational technique of paraphrasing to confirm understanding. These debaters will even concede a position when definitively outmaneuvered.
This is in stark contrast to what we get at political debates pitting Democrats against Republicans. These tend to be unwinnable shitshows with Republicans largely engaging in the opposite strategy: talking points, straw man arguments designed to smear, brazen assertions of righteousness, pettifogging, etc. This has become the norm and will continue in 2024.
That said, Trump debated in this way in the 2016 primary. Why don't Republican voters demand more? This style of debating is lazy and ultimately uninformative (and arguably disrespectful) to the viewers. How is a party to best choose their candidate this way?
Can we expect the same in 2024? Is Trump even capable of more? Doesn't the job function require this skill?
= new reply since forum marked as read