Political Debate Group

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Feb 22, 2026 05:39AM

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This is separate to the Group Rules, as they only apply to the Debate Topics and not discussion and chatting topics. After you have read through the entire post, please sign your username underneath.

What is a Debate?

A debate is a structured exchange of respectful, well thought out arguments from opposing sides on a specific topic, such as politics or religion.

How should I debate?

First, give a few sentence on your views on the topic and evidence to back it up. This could be a Bible verse (in relevant contexts) or a scientific study, among others. Make sure you give evidence to back up your statements in all your 'opening' statements - this will be called out if you do not.

The opposing side will then provide their own 'opening' statement, following the same rules. This allows people to be clear on each other's views.

After that, rebuttals will be made. This could be explaining why verses could be mistranslated, studies are unreliable or (on more philosophically centred topics) why they believe the oppositions view to be incorrect or immoral. This back and forth may continue as long as the members want.

Hopefully, a middle ground will be reached by the end of the debate. This is not necessary, but a good outcome of a productive debate.

What guidelines are there for debating specifically?

Firstly, stay respectful. Do not personally insult anyone, or be disrespectful towards groups of people. You may make negative criticisms but these must be backed up.

Secondly, always provide sources in your opening statement. If you can't currently find one, consult with me or a moderator and I will see if I can find the website or study you reference. If you have no evidence or data to back up your view (this does not usually apply to philosophical debates) please do not debate. Discussion topics will be more loosely moderated, so sources are not required (but still recommended).

Thirdly, please ensure you have proper spelling, punctuation and grammar. This is important because it is very difficult to debate someone when you don't understand their arguments and they are not being clear.

Fourthly, do not use AI to write debates or find sources. AI is unreliable and often times hallucinates information, and if you do not write your own debates you might not understand the subject matter, making debating with you even more hard for the opposition.

Finally, stay on topic. If a debate goes off topic - ask a moderator to add the new topic or go to the correct topic (this may be a general discussion, which will suffice until a moderator adds the topic you suggested). You are allowed to start debates in the chat but please don’t start debates elsewhere in the 'general stuff' topic.

Anything else?
As said above, please sign your names below. If you have not and are debating in debate topics (discussions do not count), I will ask you to read through this and sign your name. It is strict, but, in my opinion, necessary for a good debate.

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message 2: by Alder [my girlfriend's version] (new)

Feb 22, 2026 05:53AM