If the debate were actually a debate, I would consider watching them.
The intelligence squared series is a great example of what a debate could be. I’m utterly disinterested in what talking heads have to say about who won or lost. I want an actual score at the end.
this version of debates is actually reality tv
I mean, debates aren’t just like, whatever we pretend them to be.
They are like, an actual, structured, formatted, moderated thing. There are definitions that are meaningful to these words.
For example: https://opentodebate.org/what-is-the-oxford-style-debate-format/
You poll the audience before the debate begins on the reaction to the thesis. You poll them afterwords. Whichever team changed more minds is the winner.
At what point do we start blaming the people for selecting them to run?
If our votes mattered…yes…I’d blame the people.
