Democracy is often characterized as government by deliberation. This presupposes wherewithal to engage in reasoned public debate. My lessons from debating Kipkorir on the printing of money are not encouraging. I’v learned four things.1/13
This is manifested in the calls suing for “peace” even going as far as asking for mediation. Inability to distinguish adverserial debate and conflict means debating clubs served no useful
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The other day someone asked my why I am responding to someone who has only seven twitter followers.6/
Another recurring theme from my corner is why I am roiling in the mud with someone who is “not my level” (and other epithets used in private and best left there), and on a subject that is clearly out of his depth. This in my view is the crux. 8/