Debate often is a part of politics, and those that hold strong views want to express it. This can have influence in the world, but the negatives of debate have been seen especially in America in recent years.
Debating can help people understand other sides better and open their minds to different ideas, allowing people to bolster their beliefs with better evidence and reason. One does not have to change their mind to experience a good debate, as even if both people leave the debate with the same opinions, they will be altered in some way due to attacks on the ideas. The hotly debated gun control has two general sides: ban guns or keep them legal. Those that debate gun bans should be put in place may leave a debate with the questions "Are guns a right to own?" or "Is a gun the best protection to have against threats?" These questionings of your ideas make debating a good way to open up a conversation and dig into belief. The cons are also very apparent. Most people leave a debate with some level of anger towards the other side, and are further entrenched in their ideals. Those in the gun control debate will leave thinking "Wow, what an idiot, believing we should just ban all guns," or "Wow what an idiot, believing we should give every one a gun." Understanding that debating mostly gets you no where, depending on who you argue with, has lead me to stay away from the practice for the most part. I know what I believe in, and take criticism to heart if I can. I tend to not see the value in senselessly trying to bring others down for their beliefs, even if I think they are wrong. Education, to me, is the best tool to convince someone of an idea you believe.
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