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[–]sisterinsomnia 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Perhaps linked to that, I am also shocked by the widespread disappearance of critical thinking ability. Debates are impossible under those conditions and the nasty slur responses they produce the only possible outcome if the other side has never been taught how to defend a point they made.

My school years weren't that nice but the teachers did train all of use to debate and to keep going at the face of opposition, with facts and so on. I am grateful for that lesson now and use it probably daily.