Live debates are the only way to go -- it quickly becomes clear who knows their stuff, who is trying to stall or cover up, etc., etc. etc. Human beings give themselves away with all kinds of "tells," the things for which good poker players learn to look. But live audiences can see that stuff, too, and you can feel a group consensus for…
Live debates are the only way to go -- it quickly becomes clear who knows their stuff, who is trying to stall or cover up, etc., etc. etc. Human beings give themselves away with all kinds of "tells," the things for which good poker players learn to look. But live audiences can see that stuff, too, and you can feel a group consensus forming about who is believable.
From personal experience, I KNOW why no one wants to debate Steve or RFK Jr. I saw that in action when, fed up with local politicians, I ran for office, because the only way you could deal with elected officials other than the 3 minute public comment period was to run against them and participate as a candidate in all the public forums. I ended up getting a shockingly high percentage of the votes cast, primarily due to people liking what I said in such debates and telling their friends. In subsequent years, people simply refused to debate me.
This is also related to WHY the government wants all "public meetings" to be conducted via zoom instead of live -- and, of course, because the government actually controls EVERYTHING on such zoom meetings. So please, oppose keeping any "public" meeting on zoom -- they are already trying to make zoom meetings "permanent."
Live debates are the only way to go -- it quickly becomes clear who knows their stuff, who is trying to stall or cover up, etc., etc. etc. Human beings give themselves away with all kinds of "tells," the things for which good poker players learn to look. But live audiences can see that stuff, too, and you can feel a group consensus forming about who is believable.
From personal experience, I KNOW why no one wants to debate Steve or RFK Jr. I saw that in action when, fed up with local politicians, I ran for office, because the only way you could deal with elected officials other than the 3 minute public comment period was to run against them and participate as a candidate in all the public forums. I ended up getting a shockingly high percentage of the votes cast, primarily due to people liking what I said in such debates and telling their friends. In subsequent years, people simply refused to debate me.
This is also related to WHY the government wants all "public meetings" to be conducted via zoom instead of live -- and, of course, because the government actually controls EVERYTHING on such zoom meetings. So please, oppose keeping any "public" meeting on zoom -- they are already trying to make zoom meetings "permanent."