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So, making completely objective and incorrect statements about someone's own standing on an issue and then running away stating how the issue is somehow done with. Is the new flavor of how debate is done these days?
When did the debate devolve into some sort of schoolyard game?
Evidence was discussed, if you can't accept that evidence or refuse to discuss it, I'm not really certain what you even think would be accomplished by debating someone. If two people can't even agree on the basic facts (e.g. there were managers at public mall's who had to ban Roy Moore because he was hitting on underage women), there is nowhere to go in conversation.
But more over, it requires both parties to actually care enough to debate the issues. Roy Moore was accused of being a child predator with ample evidence to back up that claim. Roy Moore lost because he was the worst candidate since Hillary Clinton to run for Federal office and --it's astounding that I can make this point-- he was orders of magnitude more unelectable than Hillary Clinton. Besides having the reputation of a child predator, he was a racist, xenophobic bigot who actually said the last time the US was great was when there was slavery. I mean, the guy was an electable clown. Alabama was one of the most right-wing places in the country (well, at least in terms of older generations), and he lost to a pro-life Democrat. The reason I don't want to waste breathe on this useless sack of **** is that he doesn't merit further discussion, unless people in Alabama want to try him for sexual assault of minors. But short of that, I have nothing left to say on this matter, and no interest in saying anything further even if I did.