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	17555	July 29, 2022
About the Great Debates category	1	4201	April 2, 2021
Thread and Topic Bans for Great Debates	1	12203	November 29, 2020
Have we reached the point when it is kooky to not believe in massive amounts of intelligent life having evolved throughout the universe?	435	15552	November 4, 2025
Most people get Ayn Rand's philosophy wrong	102	996	November 4, 2025
Was slavery really a "Major" cause of the Texas revolution?	40	683	November 4, 2025
Does the state have a monopoly on violence?	147	900	November 4, 2025
The Male Inequality Problem	539	5660	November 3, 2025
Should Children Have School?	10	177	November 3, 2025
Would you consider this SciFi scenario a form of rape? (TW)	15	321	November 3, 2025
I am finding it hard to be patriotic these days trump	37	622	November 2, 2025
Accessory After The Fact?	18	395	October 30, 2025
What should we do with confederate monuments and statues?	584	36692	October 29, 2025
Worshipping the Lesser God	47	451	October 28, 2025
Is Trump's style of Fascism actually Palingenetic ultranationalism? trump	9	321	October 27, 2025
Why did America’s economy boom in the early to mid 1980s?	13	303	October 27, 2025
The important point about the shutdown that everyone is missing	53	1426	October 26, 2025
Is it possible to be racist against AIs?	144	680	October 25, 2025
Is AI overhyped? ai	246	4074	October 20, 2025
About the damage to Trump's right ear trump	56	1919	October 19, 2025
Cancel Culture and Canceling versus consequences for actions	826	5306	October 16, 2025
Political Compass #54: Some people are naturally unlucky.	38	22358	October 15, 2025
Resolved: Kindergarten is too academically focused and should be more play based	63	780	October 15, 2025
The UK (and Europe's) free speech problem trump	308	2842	October 14, 2025
What should schools be teaching?	183	1241	October 14, 2025
Is gangsta culture in the black community dying, if so what is the reason	17	852	October 13, 2025
Did Nietszche ever claim to himself be an Übermensch?	11	272	October 10, 2025
An alternative to Israel that probably would have worked	77	1019	October 9, 2025
Trump's 100% tax on foreign-made films-A proposal movies , trump	6	184	October 8, 2025
Ableism in Public schools	51	446	October 7, 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…