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>>david9+(OP)
The sad irony is that he's at a college campus debating/arguing with people. At their best that's what college campuses are for. I know they haven't been living up to it lately but seeing him gunned down feels like a metaphor.

I know he liked to publicize the exchanges where he got the best of someone, and bury the others, and that he was a far, far cry from a public intellectual. Still, he talked to folks about ideas, and that's something that we should have more of.

That should be something that we strive for, but I fear we'll see it less and less. Who'se going to want to go around and argue with people now?

>>loughn+Bg1
It is a performance that appears as a debate.

>>passwo+OQ1
Every debate is a performance, so of course it was.

>>strong+vu2
Not true. You can debate in private in a way where two people are searching for truth.

The sad thing is if people debate like it’s a performance when it’s not.