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I'm interested in discussing race relations with the goal of fostering a better understanding of the state of race relations today in the United States and how we got here. Although it would probably be more honest to state that I'm interesting in debating the issues than merely discussing them.
Why do you believe this?The time to debate the subject is long past.
Your list is exactly why I say time for debate is long gone. Confrontation hasn't and won't do any good. It might be entertaining, but it won;t solve our problems.Why do you believe this?The time to debate the subject is long past.
I looked into the difference between discussing an issue and debating it and I think the following fairly covers things for the most part:
The best Socratic Seminars are those in which something new and unexpected is discovered. This happensSocratic Seminar as Dialogue vs. Debate
when the seminar is approached as a joint search or exploration through dialogue rather than a defense of ideas
Entertaining for whom?It might be entertaining, but it won;t solve our problems.
After posting this I went back to review it and realized I don't agree with a portion of the items on the Debate side (in blue) although there is a particular poster whom meets just about every single item listed (and he's not the OP). So how's this for a compromise?
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Your list is exactly why I say time for debate is long gone. Confrontation hasn't and won't do any good. It might be entertaining, but it won;t solve our problems.Why do you believe this?The time to debate the subject is long past.
I looked into the difference between discussing an issue and debating it and I think the following fairly covers things for the most part:
The best Socratic Seminars are those in which something new and unexpected is discovered. This happensSocratic Seminar as Dialogue vs. Debate
when the seminar is approached as a joint search or exploration through dialogue rather than a defense of ideas
Is there a question mark there?There's your problem...you think a question is a judgement.
Your list is exactly why I say time for debate is long gone. Confrontation hasn't and won't do any good. It might be entertaining, but it won;t solve our problems.Why do you believe this?The time to debate the subject is long past.
I looked into the difference between discussing an issue and debating it and I think the following fairly covers things for the most part:
The best Socratic Seminars are those in which something new and unexpected is discovered. This happensSocratic Seminar as Dialogue vs. Debate
when the seminar is approached as a joint search or exploration through dialogue rather than a defense of ideas
MLK used a method of direct confrontation that was non violent. It worked. It's the only thing that has ever worked.
Why would you insinuate that I am trying to come up with my own personal definitions when I indicated that I researched the difference between discussion & debate and then attempted to find a less confrontational and more acceptable compromise between the two?You can't have your own personal definitions. Those things are known results of debate.
Why would you insinuate that I am trying to come up with my own personal definitions when I indicated that I researched the difference between discussion & debate and then attempted to find a less confrontational and more acceptable compromise between the two?You can't have your own personal definitions. Those things are known results of debate.
Your list is exactly why I say time for debate is long gone. Confrontation hasn't and won't do any good. It might be entertaining, but it won;t solve our problems.Why do you believe this?The time to debate the subject is long past.
I looked into the difference between discussing an issue and debating it and I think the following fairly covers things for the most part:
The best Socratic Seminars are those in which something new and unexpected is discovered. This happensSocratic Seminar as Dialogue vs. Debate
when the seminar is approached as a joint search or exploration through dialogue rather than a defense of ideas
MLK used a method of direct confrontation that was non violent. It worked. It's the only thing that has ever worked.
Your list is exactly why I say time for debate is long gone. Confrontation hasn't and won't do any good. It might be entertaining, but it won;t solve our problems.Why do you believe this?The time to debate the subject is long past.
I looked into the difference between discussing an issue and debating it and I think the following fairly covers things for the most part:
The best Socratic Seminars are those in which something new and unexpected is discovered. This happensSocratic Seminar as Dialogue vs. Debate
when the seminar is approached as a joint search or exploration through dialogue rather than a defense of ideas
MLK used a method of direct confrontation that was non violent. It worked. It's the only thing that has ever worked.
Yes he did . And with all due respect, I believe that the missing component to his movement was confusing friendship with equal access, which prompted far too many black people to be duped into the belief that integration was the same as a real partnership, which for the most part wrecked economic independence in black communities, due to the illusion that eating and shopping in a formerly "white only" establishments was in some way an
"honor"over patronizing black owned businesses.
The focus should have been equal access to build generational wealth in existing black communtities that had established businesses.
Your list is exactly why I say time for debate is long gone. Confrontation hasn't and won't do any good. It might be entertaining, but it won;t solve our problems.Why do you believe this?The time to debate the subject is long past.
I looked into the difference between discussing an issue and debating it and I think the following fairly covers things for the most part:
The best Socratic Seminars are those in which something new and unexpected is discovered. This happensSocratic Seminar as Dialogue vs. Debate
when the seminar is approached as a joint search or exploration through dialogue rather than a defense of ideas
MLK used a method of direct confrontation that was non violent. It worked. It's the only thing that has ever worked.
No, it’s not.
You start first and see who shows he is classless. What’s the subject you want to discuss? Affirmative action? BLM?This is a curious forum in that almost no one who posts here is interested in a discussion.
Monologue, lecture, insult, venting, emoting, and lying seem to make up 99% of what goes on here.
How many posts and so far none of you have furthered the discussion. Enough with the pre debate. Let’s get it on. I’ll start.Entertaining for whom?It might be entertaining, but it won;t solve our problems.