Lord Knightfa11
I was just thinking about something that irks me off and I asked a professional debater about it, and he states that "when debating, It is important to keep your voice strong and clear and to make sure you make your points and unambiguously chose a side". When i asked him about insults during "real" debating, he said that "while poking fun at your opponent lightens the mood, If you use that "poking" to evade or to serve as your rebuttal, It only makes your opponent mad, and makes it clear to your audience that you are too biased to be listened to as a viable source."
For this reason I am making the case that reallly will strengthen people's debating skills and help them more logically present their points.
1. Chose a side and stay by it, if you change your mind or decide to stop debating for any reason, it constitutes a "win" for your opponent(s).
2. Post with correct grammar and well composed sentences, try to visualize that you are debating/posting against someone politically with an audience. After all, all of KMC is watching you.
3. Never generalize, mud sling, or resort to petty "flaming". At the point at which you have thrown an insult, you have just lost your cool, your posture, and the argument in any professional person's eyes. Try watching a presidential debate. You never see Obama or Mcain go at each others throats with "FAIL" demotivational pictures, or cleverly devised insults of this nature. It only makes your opponent mad, makes you look foolish and biased, and makes you lose your cool.
These are all points that I have learned from research or personal experience. If all of us were to take this basic Ideas to heart there would be less "fanboyism", "flaming", or "spam" on this message board, and we would have safer, smarter, more rational debates.
This thread was inspired by the absence of TJ.
For this reason I am making the case that reallly will strengthen people's debating skills and help them more logically present their points.
1. Chose a side and stay by it, if you change your mind or decide to stop debating for any reason, it constitutes a "win" for your opponent(s).
2. Post with correct grammar and well composed sentences, try to visualize that you are debating/posting against someone politically with an audience. After all, all of KMC is watching you.
3. Never generalize, mud sling, or resort to petty "flaming". At the point at which you have thrown an insult, you have just lost your cool, your posture, and the argument in any professional person's eyes. Try watching a presidential debate. You never see Obama or Mcain go at each others throats with "FAIL" demotivational pictures, or cleverly devised insults of this nature. It only makes your opponent mad, makes you look foolish and biased, and makes you lose your cool.
These are all points that I have learned from research or personal experience. If all of us were to take this basic Ideas to heart there would be less "fanboyism", "flaming", or "spam" on this message board, and we would have safer, smarter, more rational debates.
This thread was inspired by the absence of TJ.