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So my question is - is this true? Does anybody know a leftist that does what Kirk has been doing? I know some leftist bloggers - obviously Scott among them - that can argue their points with decent (in all senses) argument and manner. But it's still preaching, a blog is not an equal debate. Are there any debaters around?
A leftist doing what Charlie did, travelling around colleges to initiate debates, wouldn't really find debates all that often. This does kind of happen though, but they're just called guests, or maybe speakers. They get to use a theatre or or larger classroom and are generally welcomed.
Most of the speakers though come to say their thing - usually as well-structured, well-oiled, often repeated presentation, maybe answer a couple of questions, and move on. They usually don't come to engage in debate, and they do not set it up specifically as "I am here to debate you, come and argue with me, if you want, that's what I am here for". Maybe some do, I don't know, but most of the guest speakers I've seen expect mostly one-sided engagement. So if there are exceptions, that's what I want.
And yes, I realize that if we're talking about colleges, they are leftist sanctuaries. But even leftists occasionally disagree about something, not? And there might be other spaces where one could find and debate non-leftists, not?
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