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…	0	10228	January 1, 2020
About the Great Debates category	1	1580	April 2, 2021
Thread and Topic Bans for Great Debates	1	6907	November 29, 2020
Split the US into 3	29	949	December 3, 2021
America needs to address its gun hypocrisy	285	3957	December 3, 2021
Michigan school shooter charged with terrorism?	13	447	December 3, 2021
Don't worry, Roe v. Wade is never getting overturned	122	3784	December 3, 2021
State and Federal Supreme Courts should be able to conduct judicial review with no underlying case	7	205	December 3, 2021
Is Fox News really all that bad?	2777	519789	December 3, 2021
Lack of Freewill doesn't mean lack of choice	102	2149	December 3, 2021
Pharmacies at least partially responsible for opioid problem	9	503	December 3, 2021
Russia may be about to invade Ukraine	131	5534	December 3, 2021
Maximum Punishment for Juvenile Crimes	28	403	December 3, 2021
Arbery Shooting in Georgia and Citizen's Arrest [& similar shootings]	614	21747	December 2, 2021
Vaccine mandates...are you for, or against, and why do you have the stance you have?	185	5557	December 1, 2021
Which country (culture, empire, etc.) has the most effective anti-corruption laws?	18	568	December 1, 2021
"America was founded as a Christian nation," a guest preacher at my church claimed. Please help me dispute that	141	2888	December 1, 2021
Is 'Pharisee' an antisemitic slur?	46	2067	November 30, 2021
Which do you consider to be the main "adversary nation?"	110	2940	November 30, 2021
Why do some people believe racism by liberals is the worst kind?	59	2993	November 30, 2021
If China had been more open at the beginning of the pandemic, how would it have mattered?	37	1425	November 29, 2021
Religious/Secular holidays in America (mostly Christmas, split from the Columbus Day thread)	459	5379	November 29, 2021
Bitcoin as legal tender	178	5450	November 27, 2021
"The Brownshirts are coming! The Brownshirts are coming!"	11	854	November 26, 2021
Is the Apocalypse upon us?	60	4284	November 26, 2021
Conscious experience is self-representational access to intrinsic properties	3	214	November 24, 2021
Columbus Day v Indigenous People's Day v Leif Erikson Day	348	5646	November 23, 2021
Do You Fear Your Death?	113	3326	November 22, 2021
Reconciling Imperial Japan's Reverence for Beauty and Harmony and Its Internal/External Violence	21	1013	November 22, 2021
Bible: Did Jacob (aka Israel) wrestle with God or an angel? (Genesis 32:24)	26	1369	November 18, 2021

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…