What’s the fourth big reason intelligent debate is impossible on the internet? I’m sure you’ve already guessed.

Anonymity.

Engaging in a debate with some people on the internet? Maybe. Or maybe, you’re engaging in a debate with a single person, pretending to be some people. You know how people always joke about two people sharing an identity with the saying, “have you ever seen them in a room together?”

Well on the internet, you haven’t. And you probably never will.

A man and his avatar.

You could be getting yourself all worked up over one guy and his legion of like-minded identities…which will lead us right to reason 5.

And in the shocking conclusion of SayNoToCrack’s 5 Reasons Intelligent Debate is Impossible on the Internet, you’ll see just how of all these reasons come to a head.

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