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In reply to the discussion: I have deliberately avoided the Bernie Wars. [View all]Ninsianna
(1,349 posts)His poor debate skills make him a poor debater, no matter how one chooses to twist facts and reality by referring to "popularity poll", they don't support the belief that Bernie Sanders is a Masterdebater.
Evaluating debate skills has nothing to do with being persuaded or agreeing with anyone. My point is that some people don't quite understand what debate skills are, and you've made my point.
If only he had the power of persuasion, he might have persuaded "millions of others" to come out and vote on Nov 8th, but he was unable to. Facts are facts, and they don't require anyone's agreement.
His style is terrible, his skills nonexistent, and stating things that are empirically, demonstrably false doesn't magically grant him skills, either debating or persuasion that he simply does not possess and have never demonstrated.
This is the problem with the cult of personality, simple factual, evidence based statements are rejected because of swooning acolytes screaming about their personal agreement and popularity.
That's just not how reality works, agreement with it is not required, but it's healthy to be able to accept it.