I think you're right up to a point. I disagree about teaching people how to think. I credit a particular lesson in early high-school in a media studies class with giving me the framework to critically consider the media I consume and the headlines / viewpoints I read.

Whether debate is the best format for that, I dunno. But I do think teaching kids how to think critically is valuable.

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

teaching people how to think is a good thing, my complaint there was that i shouldn't need to write a book on politics, to then be required to explain to someone why one side bad and other side good, because i wrote an entire fucking book about it, and you should be able to gather what my opinion is from that, and then form your own as well.

If my entire written text doesn't make it clear what i've laid out, you probably shouldn't be reading im just going to be honest.