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@ -15,11 +15,15 @@ The first televised U.S. presidential debate took place between Richard Nixon an
### Sensitivities
Debates require an issue to be broken down into their foundational parts, leading to a greater understanding of it on a fundamental level. The information communicated through a debate can allow the audience more agency to make well-informed decisions. Organizations and governments can improve electoral and decision processes through engaging in debate.
* Debates require an issue to be broken down into their foundational parts, leading to a greater understanding of it on a fundamental level
* The information communicated through a debate can allow the audience more agency to make well-informed decisions
* Organizations and governments can improve electoral and decision processes through engaging in debate that better informs their actions
### Oversights
Critics of debate find that complex issues can easily be reduced into black and white answers; political debates automatically divide issues along partisan lines which can lead to a mere reinforcement of preconceived notions based on political leanings. There is a notion, too, that finding a completely neutral moderator is a near-impossible task. Further, cherry-picking facts to support a position can easily lead to misrepresentation of the issue.
* Critics of debate find that complex issues can easily be reduced into black and white answers; political debates automatically divide issues along partisan lines which can lead to a mere reinforcement of preconceived notions based on political leanings
* Finding a completely neutral moderator can be a near-impossible task that affects the outcome of the debate based on connotative phrasing of questions and biased facilitation
* Cherry-picking facts to support a position can easily lead to misrepresentation of the issue
## Implementations
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### Tools
A variety of resources exist online to help student debaters, including outlines and templates like the Chicago Debates resource guide. Visual resources can help map out logic and arguments; Debatemap.live is a site that breaks down arguments into “nodes,” or simplified pieces of information that connect to form a visual representation of the argument while Argunet also allows users to create maps of their debates as individuals or teams.
* A variety of resources exist online to help student debaters, including outlines and templates like the [Chicago Debates resource guide](https://resources.chicagodebates.org/debaters/debate-resources/)
* Visual resources can help map out logic and arguments
* [Debatemap.live](https://debatemap.live/) is a site that breaks down arguments into “nodes,” or simplified pieces of information that connect to form a visual representation of the argument
* [Argunet](http://www.argunet.org/editor/) is an open source software that allows users to create maps of their debates as individuals or teams
* Nonprofit, nonpartisan site [Pro/Con](https://www.procon.org/) offers opposing viewpoints and information on frequently debated issues
* Online spaces allow community members to debate current issues, like the New York Times page [Room for Debate](https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate)
## Further resources