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I thought having a very nice, moral-sounding reason why some things shouldn't be questioned is the domain of the fundamentalist religious

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Nadia Whittome MP

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Jul 23, 2020

We must not fetishise “debate” as though debate is itself an innocuous, neutral act. The very act of debate in these cases is an effective rollback of assumed equality and a foot in the door for doubt and hatred.

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6:09 PM · Jul 25, 2020

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ssssh you're saying the quiet part out loud

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While I agree in a bubble Reply guys who are just trying to force someone to 'debate me' then get haughty when people say no are common enough to be their own genre. Debate is important, but it's often rhetorical rather than reasoned and refusing to debate known bad actors...

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Well sure but imagine if we had to debate the equality of minorities from the starting point of minorities being subhuman every time someone wanted to debate.

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This from people who insist on a taxonomy and hierarchy of victimhood often based on physical appearance, fetishising certain groups as most worthy of sympathy and support. Doubt is the starting point from which all learning and self-improvement grows FFS.

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It's not a matter of simply asking questions, but rather finding out the right questions to ask and whether to entertain them. In fact, "fundamentalists" were questioning evolution since it was mainstream in attempts to undermine it and push religion. /1

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When your weakness is getting played, change the game.