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Tired of the vitriol? Make politicians take high school debate.
Jay Mathews, The Washington Post
Feb. 6, 2021
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Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama appear on stage at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla., on Oct. 22, 2012 , for their final debate.Washington Post photo by Melina Mara,
Can we learn to disagree without being disagreeable? Maybe not. Public discourse these days seems as unpleasant as it has ever been. But Katherine Crump-Wiesner, a former high school debater, offers reasons why there still may be hope.
When Crump-Wiesner was a student at Western High in Anaheim, Calif., my debate teacher had strict rules about sticking to factual arguments and well-supported opinions, she told me. No ad hominem attacks. . . . A debater who shouted or attacked others personally would be disqualified immediately.