May 18, 17 / Gem 26, 01 07:03 UTC
What is an honest debate? ¶
Hello all,
I have been wanting to ask this question for a while now what exactly is an honest debate? I saw one poster use that phrase and I have wonder what one is since then. I ask because so often I see people discussing a subject but not pointing out problems with either a plan the discussion is about or the logic being used by a person that when examined proves to be flawed and needs to be rethought. Instead what I see are those same folks completely disregarding every attempt to make them aware of those flaws so they can address and correct them. While comlimenting each other on ideas they thinks are good ones or in other words mutually mentally wanking each other off. Which caused me to believe that when people say that they are not actually looking to hear or in case of the net read opinions that differ from their own. Rather they are looking for opinions that agree with their own, which to me means the debate wouldn't really be a debate. Of course, this is all just my own opinion based on the idea that in a debate you will get differring opinions on the matter and examining the logic behind them is an integral part of the debate