Lumifer comments on How big of an impact would cleaner political debates have on society? - Less Wrong Discussion
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The reason is pretty obvious. The goal of the participants in a political dialogue is to become more liked and to make competitors less liked. It has nothing to do with "raising the level of discourse and understanding on that topic" -- that's just NOT the point of the exercise.
It probably continues because of the expectation of debates - no one would introduce them if they didn't already exist today.