Six Elements of a Healthy D.E.B.A.T.E.

Seventeen seconds of hideous audio prompted me to write this article.

That a town hall meeting in Utah could devolve into boos and jeers so shortly after it began perhaps shouldn’t be surprising given what we saw last fall on the national stage — not to mention the daily deluge of verbal boxing matches masquerading as news. (Not sure if this clip from 2014 is still “the worst;” it now seems pretty standard.)

We’re surrounded by examples of destructive arguments rather than healthy debate about…