The problem with #debates is nothing to do with #trump - it just became obvious that there was an issue to many people in 2016: https://lemire.me/blog/2021/09/09/how-i-.. I agree that the ability to #debate is fundamental to a civil society and #democracy ... I believe the largest problems are the #platforms themselves only promoting #short and #fast #snippets - rather than #long and #reasoned #replies ...