Great Debates

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
New Rules for Great Debates and Elections – January 2020 Moderation in Great Debates and Politics and Elections In general, Great Debates and Politics and Elections are the most contentious fora on the SDMB. Because of that, you’ll find that moderation is more active and pro…	2	17510	July 29, 2022
About the Great Debates category	1	4183	April 2, 2021
Thread and Topic Bans for Great Debates	1	12142	November 29, 2020
An alternative to Israel that probably would have worked	35	216	September 18, 2025
Cancel Culture and Canceling versus consequences for actions	792	4726	September 18, 2025
Ableism in Public schools	49	197	September 18, 2025
Rationally speaking, is the murder of Charlie Kirk worth worrying over more than the murders of kids in schools?	117	1072	September 17, 2025
What misconceptions do you think there are about societal collapse and its aftermath?	72	732	September 17, 2025
Why does the media portray mass shooters as mostly white men?	69	5642	September 17, 2025
"Political violence is never the answer." Talk to me about this	92	958	September 16, 2025
What should schools be teaching?	169	974	September 14, 2025
How is Israel's military so competent with such a low budget	165	1806	September 13, 2025
Will Jeffrey Epstein's "friends" face justice?	367	14787	September 12, 2025
The UK (and Europe's) free speech problem trump	224	1963	September 11, 2025
Why is Russia and Putin so satisfied by so little?	15	578	September 10, 2025
Better alternatives to a jury of peers	149	689	September 10, 2025
Questions for those that think that the U.S.A. will collapse...and the sooner, the better	195	2156	September 10, 2025
"Complacency is complicity", or the limits of radicalism	36	473	September 10, 2025
The use of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, was it justified?	197	1930	September 10, 2025
Is gangsta culture in the black community dying, if so what is the reason	2	268	September 9, 2025
Is the President calling out the National Guard constitutional?	44	906	September 8, 2025
What happens to the Tuvaluans when their country sinks?	58	2884	September 8, 2025
TIL of a constructive use-case for the blockchain	6	198	September 8, 2025
Is there yet any measurable effect of this year's tariffs? trump	21	532	September 7, 2025
At what point does it become unethical to work for the US Government?	38	515	September 6, 2025
The Menendez Murder Case Revisited	49	2418	September 3, 2025
What are some forms of information that undermine the simple 'oppressor vs oppressed' western narrative trump	214	1516	September 2, 2025
Head injuries and criminal behavior	69	846	September 2, 2025
How much money should you be getting monthly in retirement?	61	1242	September 1, 2025
On Mandatory School Busing here in Boston:	9	2883	August 31, 2025

New Rules for Great Debates and Elections – January 2020

Moderation in Great Debates and Politics and Elections In general, Great Debates and Politics and Elections are the most contentious fora on the SDMB. Because of that, you’ll find that moderation is more active and pro…