re: #12 Crush White Nationalism

Letting fascists make their case has won the argument with almost every Republican.
You deny maniacs a forum, you don’t debate them.

Yup. Fascists don’t win on the strength of their arguments; they win by getting their arguments out to people who haven’t heard them.

Debates aren’t really about changing people’s ideas; they are primarily popularity contests for the audience. Bill Nye’s debate on creationism with Ken Ham did not convince a single creationist to change their position, but it did expose Ken Ham to a far wider audience who had not heard him or his ideas before. A large number of scientists and counter-apologists were dismayed that Mr. Nye actually agreed to such a debate.