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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 14 Jun 2020

      I honestly think about 15% of America's problems (and 40% of England's problems) come from the role debate clubs play in the education system.

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    2. Fred Kaplan‏Verified account @fmkaplan 14 Jun 2020
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      Are there still debate clubs?

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 14 Jun 2020
      Replying to @fmkaplan

      Yes, very much so. Ted Cruz & Tom Cotton are products of them.

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        2. Joe Ro‏ @joero3 14 Jun 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @fmkaplan

          You honestly think without debate clubs those men would be any different?

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        3. The Left-Wing Felt Puppet‏ @LeftyPuppetMan 14 Jun 2020
          Replying to @joero3 @HeerJeet @fmkaplan

          There wouldn’t be people egging them on.

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        2. Kirk Gibson‏ @kagibso 14 Jun 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @fmkaplan

          Elizabeth Warren was a state champion. @pattonoswalt did debate in high school, so did @StephenAtHome. Oprah and Sonia Sotomayor. Lawrence Tribe too. Debate would help with attributing cause 🤷🏻‍♂️

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        3. THEE NerdlyRegina‏ @nerdlypainter 14 Jun 2020
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          Anyone under 45 though? I'm in my 50's. We had a Debate club. It did not play a major role in anything. It was being supplanted by a student UN/ diplomacy club. Most of the people I compared notes with in college did not have a HS debate club.

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        2. Zak Whose Topical Reference Has Expired‏ @zsitter 14 Jun 2020

          I thought you said counterexamples?

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        1. csz‏ @cszabla 14 Jun 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @fmkaplan

          are you attributing 15% of america’s problems to these two dudes then or just smearing everyone who’s ever debated unfairly

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        1. Chris Gaines‏ @bertinbertin 14 Jun 2020
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          Nah... Ted Cruz is a product of Canada.

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        2. Susan Hatch‏ @SusaHatch 14 Jun 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @fmkaplan

          I thought you might mean or lack thereof. It's quite rare in my experience. Maybe the answer is for more people to take up forensics, not just conservatives. Maybe these two and Warren succeeded bc they did forensics in high school. Others should try it.

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        3. SomethingIsFischy  🧦 👈🏼‏ @edfischman 14 Jun 2020
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          It’s not individual success he has in mind.

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