Trying to win a debate about the merits of debate.
Yes I know ironic.
I’ve always been of the opinion they just make people more entrenched in their opinion and reward trollish behavior but struggle to articulate why.
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Laying out a rigorous set of ideas and evaluating them takes a ton of time and mutual good faith. Debates gloss this over in favor of competitive sophistry.
You aren't debating to change the mind of the other debator, you're doing it for the benefit of a theoretically neutral audience
Never in a public or parliamentary context, occasionally in an academic one they do to a greater extent