Someone asked me if I’d ever appear on Steve Bannon’s show to discuss election security. I said “not in a million years.” He said “the right seems always willing to debate the left, but not vice versa.” I told him that meaningful debate requires good faith participants. 1/
Otherwise, “debate” is just another platform for bad faith actors to elevate themselves and spread disinformation. 2/
Bannon has bragged about “flooding the zone with shit.” There is no good faith commitment to truth. I would never appear on his show. 3/ 
When someone brags about spewing “shit,” they cannot be salvaged. They have no desire to be salvaged. They revel in wreckage and destruction. 4/
The “every debate is worthwhile” mindset is what gave us “both sidesism.” I used to think most debates were worthwhile and that I would debate almost anyone, but that was before I studied propaganda and disinformation tactics. 5/
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