Wouldn't it be cool if ...

[Si modo]

... even one partisan learned from this?

How to Debate Effectively
Techniques for Prevailing in a Debate

While debates have been a hot topic during the past several months, the truth is that the importance of debating issues is rapidly falling by the wayside. Having become a forum for personal attacks, snide comments and ridicule, today’s debates hold none of the dignity of the discourses they were intended to be. Constructive debating, that is debating with the goal of educating and being educated on issues in order to elevate all involved is an art. With all this in mind, the following suggestions are offered for effective debating:

Reference Facts Accurately During the Debate

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Make Your Points in the Debate Clearly

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Set Aside Your Ego and Emotion During the Debate

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Do Your Homework Before the Debate

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In addition avoid these common traps:

1. Attacking the arguer, not the argument.
2. Assuming an answer with the phraseology of the question.
3. Misunderstanding and/or misrepresenting statistics.
4. Confusing cause and effect.
5. Creating a caricature rather than presenting reality.

Following these simple, logical guidelines may not make for tantalizing discourse but it will empower you to hold your own in an intellectual debate with just about anyone.

How to Debate Effectively: Techniques for Prevailing in a Debate | Suite101.com

 

[Si modo]

Even if some read this today, that might be good.

 

[dilloduck]

Even if some read this today, that might be good.

ok ok --I read it

 

[Diuretic]

 

[Si modo]

You guys don't need to read it.





But, thanks.

 

[xotoxi]

Good points...but it won't work in a debate about religion.

 

[Si modo]

Good points...but it won't work in a debate about religion.

I did, though, for me. That was pretty cool.

Well, Diuretic, Ryan, Pilgrim, Ryan, Coloradoman, (and some others) were involved, too.

 

[Colin]

Even if some read this today, that might be good.

ok ok --I read it

Come on Dillo. It is of little relevance to you. We all know you prefer mass debating!

 

[L.K.Eder]

i learned nothing new from this.