Mr Processor
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- Joined
- Jan 8, 2022
Debates are good for capturing soundbites that show candidates are lying, or just when they say things that are wildly unpopular. Biden is probably still haunted by that quote from his debate with Bernie Sanders, "Number one, no more subsidies for the fossil fuel industry, no more drilling on federal lands, no more drilling, including offshore, no ability for the oil industry to continue to drill, period, ends, number one. " This little clip from the debate is more important today than it was when he was trying to beat out Sanders for the Democratic Party nomination.I would agree with Robert that debates are meaningless, at least the gladiatorial style of argumentation that got popular by william f buckley vs. Gore Vidal back in 60's, when the conversation isn't about reaching an understanding, but to just the other side look bad.
Of course this shit has "evolved" into the debate bro and blood sports scene, where people straight up make up shit to "own" others for the prize of super berries, so there is nothing to "gained" in that shit.
Said that, this is also a very convenient side to the hot taking machine Movie Robert here. For someone who sure likes to talk as if he has all the answers, and how everybody but him (and the troons that follow him) is a complete idiot, you would imagine he would be eager to show how much smarter he is huh? Oh! but perish the thought of challenging this transcendent intellect, "debates are a fraud, I'm smart and you are not".
And we all know what is up, we have seen Robert talking in public, a lot of stuttering and "ahms, ahs" vocal ticks, if he ever got in a antagonistic position where he has to defend his points, he would be made a fool, so no, i don't buy this from the guy who spends his whole day quote tweeting people hhe doesn't like for dunks.
Robert enjoys the aspect of "owning" someone on the internet as much as any other of those neurodivergent inamates that engage in Internet Debates, but he is terrified to death to be made a fool of, hence the quote tweets and closed replies.
Movie Robert is the ultimate internet tough guy, who talks big, but can't even say shit to another person in real time.