Great Debates


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Thread and Topic Bans for Great Debates
1 4229 November 29, 2020
About the Great Debates category
0 385 June 19, 2020
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 5957 June 24, 2020
California Prop 16 (reinstating affirmative action) fails
63 689 December 4, 2020
Is there a bottom line to all these "Sovereign citizen" cases?
121 3770 December 4, 2020
MSG and racism
1 35 December 4, 2020
Selective Magnet School in Virginia moving towards a lottery system
490 3408 December 4, 2020
The morality of draft avoidance/dodging during Vietnam
1 51 December 4, 2020
Let's talk about intellectual property rights
193 1033 December 4, 2020
The next pandemic: How would it be handled differently in the USA?
12 184 December 4, 2020
What will the UK do wrt Brexit?
1619 101025 December 4, 2020
Solve the Middle East
72 654 December 3, 2020
Canadian 'dopers, how serious is all this about Justin Trudeau?
261 5775 December 3, 2020
Can anything be done about obviously disinformational news outlets?
94 1829 December 3, 2020
Were Neolithic Women Repressed?
59 1081 December 3, 2020
If great criminal success also requires hard work, why don't those people just focus on legitimate endeavours with less risk?
69 1582 December 3, 2020
Are some scientific theories so harmful they should be suppressed?
252 2713 December 3, 2020
What things, psychologically, can and cannot a person change about themselves?
40 745 December 2, 2020
Is Fox News really all that bad?
2683 509528 December 2, 2020
Should the U.S. give Pt. Roberts to Canada?
72 7729 December 1, 2020
Standalone student debt forgiveness is a terrible policy
189 2669 December 1, 2020
Do the rich pay their fair share?
101 1372 December 1, 2020
Statehood for Puerto Rico?
87 1977 December 1, 2020
What is Critical Race Theory?
241 2756 November 30, 2020
What do Republicans stand to lose from losing?
23 713 November 30, 2020
The political appeal of a "hard" approach versus a "soft" one
16 386 November 30, 2020
Did We Treat Transgenderism Better in the Past?
98 1806 November 30, 2020
Was it possible/plausible for a morally upright person to vote for President Trump in 2020?
42 999 November 29, 2020
Do Famous People Have the Same Expectation of Privacy?
5 361 November 29, 2020
Teach Critical Thinking in Public Schools?
60 1044 November 28, 2020