I’ll agree with you here. The cops kept defending their murdering blacks but then some black guy went crazy and shot some cops and suddenly the cops are open to looking at what they maybe could do to stop this anger towards cops. One thing they decided to do was wear body cams. I’m happy. They have too much power to not be recorded.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?
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.
Actually it is.
Direct confrontation that IS violent also works.
Of course nothing works as well as being an adult with an education, a backbone, and human decency.
None of which you seem to have.