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Decius comments on [LINK] Two Modes of Discourse: Taking everything personally v. debate as sport - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Decius 11 December 2012 08:57:10PM 6 points [-]

The anti-offensive mode is generally about burying what is the case; the adversarial mode lets it at least have a day in court.

Only if one of the participants champions the 'true' case.