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I don’t think that debate is stifled at all.
Having a quick Google of the word, I read that debate is defined as a formal, regulated process that has a frame work of rules and guidelines for its conduct.
I suspect that the discussion of controversial topics (which eventually lead to the need for moderator intervention) do not conform to those ideals, leading to a real risk of some posts becoming personal, rude, offensive, etc.
In most controversial posts, I don’t think that I have ever seen posters from either camp cross the dividing line to take residence on the other side. Often it seems, people simply dig in and just shout their views louder and louder with little evidence of accommodating the other side?
Cheers
Dennis
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