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Braver Angels brings people together to get them behave respectfully when presenting opposing views to each other face-to-face. Debate puts depravity out in the open where it can be better evaluated, even by those who are speaking it. If Braver Angels did take a stance on the question at issue, the organization would show its bias and contradict its purpose. By the way, Braver Angels defines "Red" and "Blue" so that it can assign participants to one side of the debate or the other. Those terms are not entirely coincident with "Republican" and "Democrat". This process is not about finding the truth, it is about learning to value people with whom one disagrees.

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For me, more interesting than the debate itself was the pre-debate discussion amongst BA leadershp about whether/why to have the debate at all. I'd be curious to hear your thoughts after listening to their reasoning process. https://braverangels.org/why-debate-2/?unapproved=5208&moderation-hash=2a63459dc2fbe5165c4c5b45a3221f65#comment-5208

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