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	8963	January 1, 2020
About the Great Debates category	1	1433	April 2, 2021
Thread and Topic Bans for Great Debates	1	6538	November 29, 2020
Do trans girl athletes have an advantage? [Moderated title for clarity]	800	16384	October 22, 2021
Is there a such thing as too PC and/or woke?	100	2879	October 22, 2021
Should religion really be a protected class? Should political orientation be one?	74	2043	October 21, 2021
Richard Nixon's "foreign policy" chops?	11	440	October 21, 2021
Are We Just A Computer Simulation?	98	2051	October 20, 2021
French Revolution: Was Robespierre a tragic figure? A misunderstood figure? A tyrant? Something else?	35	1369	October 20, 2021
The “tone” of English history in the 17th and early 19th century	11	383	October 20, 2021
What would it take to make pro-lifers become OK with abortion?	61	1630	October 19, 2021
How do you feel about people that murdered as children and their guilt?	3	496	October 18, 2021
Bitcoin as legal tender	82	3317	October 17, 2021
The metric system: Make your case for it and why we should switch to it. (As if we haven't already)	279	6767	October 17, 2021
Supreme Court agrees to hear case over death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber	47	1753	October 16, 2021
Texas Law is unenforceable	226	6733	October 15, 2021
Questions regarding Hitler’s Speeches	44	1659	October 15, 2021
What's the strategy to prevent Covid-type denial when the climate change fight gets serious?	85	1922	October 15, 2021
Columbus Day v Indigenous People's Day v Leif Erikson Day	109	1541	October 15, 2021
Texas Abortion Case	238	13736	October 15, 2021
Why were Afghanis who wanted to leave still there at the end?	23	690	October 14, 2021
Restoring public faith in the U.S. mainstream media again	122	5896	October 14, 2021
Elon Musk will save the world!	49	2017	October 13, 2021
Is this a fair and reasonable prediction?	28	1040	October 13, 2021
Abortion, Mandatory Vaccination, and Bodily Autonomy	69	2255	October 13, 2021
Let's pretend for a moment that Peak Oil(tm) happens...what could be done, today, in 2020?	44	1682	October 12, 2021
Can Stalin's Russia and Hitler's Germany be Compared?	57	1929	October 12, 2021
How would you describe something that isn’t immoral but is still harmful to people and society?	25	982	October 12, 2021
A few questions about the separate but equal and the integration movement	9	397	October 11, 2021
Does persecution strengthen or weaken the thing being persecuted?	12	426	October 11, 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…