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DLnyc

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12. Thank you, great post!

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Sun May 26, 2013, 03:01 PM

May 2013

Discussions would be so much more interesting if people tried to work within a rational framework.

Listening to people call each other names is not particularly interesting, and tends to generate annoyance and even hostile emotions.

Listening to people involved in rational debate can be very interesting and even enlightening.

Thank you for listing these points!

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The 10 Commandments Of Rational Debate [View all] babylonsister May 2013 OP

It should be the responsibility of every political debate moderator House of Roberts May 2013 #1

Anybody who posts that ridiculous pic must have rocks in their head. Buzz Clik May 2013 #2

The DU challenge: In 100 words or less, break all ten commandments in a single argument. Buzz Clik May 2013 #3

Hahaha! babylonsister May 2013 #4

The pros can do it in 25 or less emulatorloo May 2013 #5

Are you accusing me of putting words in your mouth? Buzz Clik May 2013 #6

HOW DARE YOU. So you must see nothing wrong with [insert egregious thing here] emulatorloo May 2013 #17

Frank Luntz could summerise that on a bumper sticker... wandy May 2013 #8

K&R'd!!! snot May 2013 #7

Technically, "begging the question" is: longship May 2013 #9

I can boil most of that down to 1: try to work out what the other person thinks. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin May 2013 #10

The 11th Commandment: bvar22 May 2013 #11

Thank you, great post! DLnyc May 2013 #12

And another one undeterred May 2013 #13

the list pre-supposes good faith in political debate markiv May 2013 #14

Is rational political debate even possible? Make7 May 2013 #15

k&r and bookmark. Great list, thank you. uppityperson May 2013 #16