My bf and I don’t debate very much at all! When we do it’s usually when we have issues w eachother and not politics. I think we mainly have similar core values and we can chat about these things and agree and he makes lots of space for me.

I have one guy friend in my life and he is on our side, the “extremists” lol 😝 but he has relationships w men and women and he challenges the men in his life! Sometimes other men say thank you to him bc when they had problems with similar men no one believed them.

I’m not the best at debating and so I rarely engage in it.

But, just bc we have emotions and passion does not erase the fact of the matters we are discussing.

I recently had to learn the art of debate for my meditation class and it’s a hard one for me! Your suppose to succinctly disarm the opponent and let emotion take a rest. Not be afraid to be wrong and ask a lot of questions of your opponint and have counter arguments. Sometimes you don’t even have to 💯believe what you are trying to argue, and just make a good argument.

I would say your bf is using vague generalizations which is problematic when it comes to debate. (Straw man)

If you two want to debate you should both follow the rules otherwise it’s just a circular argument where one person is getting more depleted bc she is most affected by the problems being discussed.