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Do People not Understand what Debate Means?

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  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    edited April 2016
    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    But we're all rainbows and sunshine and all agree on everything (except on what's better, bacon or ice cream). We shouldn't debate! Lets be friends!
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    I see no kitteh in this post :huh:

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    ...but Monty Python and Jeff Bridges aren't kittycats either, you big meanie!
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    Although Jeff is kinda fluffy...

    At first, I was like:

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    Cause I haven't been called mean in a while. And so then I was like:

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    And then I was like. Hey! Imma be mean if I want to cause:

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    *sigh* fine then. If it must be this way, I'll see your tabby and raise you a ginger...m24b8bm58n4j.jpg

    :laugh: Dat face doe :laugh:

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  • mangrothian
    mangrothian Posts: 1,351 Member
    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    But we're all rainbows and sunshine and all agree on everything (except on what's better, bacon or ice cream). We shouldn't debate! Lets be friends!
    mayhqwbe1x0d.gif

    I see no kitteh in this post :huh:

    Funny+poster+about+over+confidence.jpg

    ...but Monty Python and Jeff Bridges aren't kittycats either, you big meanie!
    tlahhxagnaci.gif
    Although Jeff is kinda fluffy...

    At first, I was like:

    th?&id=OIP.M8f19980eda1460d43c027b23a6c4b64ao0&w=300&h=224&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0&r=0

    Cause I haven't been called mean in a while. And so then I was like:

    anteatersorryhug27637574.jpg

    And then I was like. Hey! Imma be mean if I want to cause:

    th?&id=OIP.M49460c59c2999f1bed2ce15ec8ce8ce3o0&w=234&h=299&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0&r=0

    *sigh* fine then. If it must be this way, I'll see your tabby and raise you a ginger...m24b8bm58n4j.jpg

    :laugh: Dat face doe :laugh:

    th?&id=OIP.Me9254ce2164e88b96b4d160588240cb2o0&w=300&h=225&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0&r=0

    Woohoo!
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  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    But we're all rainbows and sunshine and all agree on everything (except on what's better, bacon or ice cream). We shouldn't debate! Lets be friends!
    mayhqwbe1x0d.gif

    I see no kitteh in this post :huh:

    Funny+poster+about+over+confidence.jpg

    ...but Monty Python and Jeff Bridges aren't kittycats either, you big meanie!
    tlahhxagnaci.gif
    Although Jeff is kinda fluffy...

    At first, I was like:

    th?&id=OIP.M8f19980eda1460d43c027b23a6c4b64ao0&w=300&h=224&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0&r=0

    Cause I haven't been called mean in a while. And so then I was like:

    anteatersorryhug27637574.jpg

    And then I was like. Hey! Imma be mean if I want to cause:

    th?&id=OIP.M49460c59c2999f1bed2ce15ec8ce8ce3o0&w=234&h=299&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0&r=0

    *sigh* fine then. If it must be this way, I'll see your tabby and raise you a ginger...m24b8bm58n4j.jpg

    :laugh: Dat face doe :laugh:

    th?&id=OIP.Me9254ce2164e88b96b4d160588240cb2o0&w=300&h=225&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0&r=0

    Woohoo!
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  • irenehb
    irenehb Posts: 236 Member
    I am right, you are wrong.
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  • mangrothian
    mangrothian Posts: 1,351 Member
    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    But we're all rainbows and sunshine and all agree on everything (except on what's better, bacon or ice cream). We shouldn't debate! Lets be friends!
    mayhqwbe1x0d.gif

    I see no kitteh in this post :huh:

    Funny+poster+about+over+confidence.jpg

    ...but Monty Python and Jeff Bridges aren't kittycats either, you big meanie!
    tlahhxagnaci.gif
    Although Jeff is kinda fluffy...

    At first, I was like:

    th?&id=OIP.M8f19980eda1460d43c027b23a6c4b64ao0&w=300&h=224&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0&r=0

    Cause I haven't been called mean in a while. And so then I was like:

    anteatersorryhug27637574.jpg

    And then I was like. Hey! Imma be mean if I want to cause:

    th?&id=OIP.M49460c59c2999f1bed2ce15ec8ce8ce3o0&w=234&h=299&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0&r=0

    *sigh* fine then. If it must be this way, I'll see your tabby and raise you a ginger...m24b8bm58n4j.jpg

    :laugh: Dat face doe :laugh:

    th?&id=OIP.Me9254ce2164e88b96b4d160588240cb2o0&w=300&h=225&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0&r=0

    Woohoo!
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    They hugged it out and became friends in the end at least
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  • mangrothian
    mangrothian Posts: 1,351 Member
    irenehb wrote: »
    I am right, you are wrong.
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  • tomteboda
    tomteboda Posts: 2,171 Member
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  • lisawinning4losing
    lisawinning4losing Posts: 726 Member
    edited April 2016
    "Debate" is what you learn in academic "Debate" classes. It is not what you see on television or hear on Hannity.

    I thought that debate was seeing who can make the most creative use of common debate fallacies, such as reductio ad absurdum, argumentum ad logicam, argumentum ad hominem, and of course, the ever popular argumentum ad nauseam.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,373 MFP Moderator
    edited April 2016
    Here is what I want to do to this thread:

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    BTW, there are just as many threads in this section for the wrong reasons as there are in other sections. And it's not different on any other forum I have modded or was an admin.
  • ClosetBayesian
    ClosetBayesian Posts: 836 Member
    "Debate" is what you learn in academic "Debate" classes. It is not what you see on television or hear on Hannity.

    I thought that debate was seeing who can make the most creative use of common debate fallacies, such as reductio ad absurdum, argumentum ad logicam, argumentum ad hominem, and of course, the ever popular argumentum ad nauseam.

    So that's your strategy.....
  • snowflake954
    snowflake954 Posts: 8,400 Member
    You debaters are awesome....................... Gifs too!
  • lesleyloo7879
    lesleyloo7879 Posts: 439 Member
    I love how just about any topic anywhere on the site can start as one topic then go to cats lol
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,426 Member
    I believe that a large portion of MFP users are actually cats. Cats go where they want and post where they want.
  • mangrothian
    mangrothian Posts: 1,351 Member
    Lounmoun wrote: »
    I believe that a large portion of MFP users are actually cats. Cats go where they want and post where they want.

    Or they're dogs pretending to be cats to hide their true identity...
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,344 Member
    I have seen repeated posts in the debate forums that are not topics for debate, they are questions about weight-loss of lack of it, exercise, and diet, that is, how to and why questions, not what do you think about this topic of debate. That leads to the question in the title, "Do people not understand the meaning of the word "debate"?"

    That's exactly why I don't even waste my time reading, posting or flagging threads that don't belong in this subforum any more. I had high hopes for it when it was started, but it's digressed into just another version of General Discussion. The usual inane, redundant genpop threads.
  • ForecasterJason
    ForecasterJason Posts: 2,577 Member
    I think perhaps this thread may be better suited for the suggestions/feedback section.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,373 MFP Moderator
    shell1005 wrote: »
    With that logic shouldn't this discussion be out of the the debate section?

    Since it is about the debate section, I don't how it belongs anywhere else.

    Its not a debate. Its not understanding how a forum works. There is no forum out there that doesnt deal with this type of thing. People use the app, which doesn't have the definitions below it, and end up choosing the wrong section. It happens all the time in every single one of the sections. It happened all the time on my car forums as well. Some people dont understand, some dont read, and sometimes they just choose what they think is best.

    Not seeing this as a debate.