r/neoliberal • u/dubyahhh Salt Miner Emeritus • Oct 02 '24

⚡⚡⚡THUNDERDOME⚡⚡⚡ ⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡ VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE THUNNNNNNDAHDOME ⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡

NO MODS

NO GODS

HIDE YOUR COUCHES

THAT'S RIGHT

IT'S TIME FOR THE VP DEBATE

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u/jamiebond NATO Oct 02 '24

Vance came across like a very skilled and effective debater. And I mean that in a good and a bad way.

See, the thing about debate kids, and why they're pretty insufferable (couch Ben Shapiro cough) is that debate isn't actually about standing up for what you believe in or anything like that. In debate competitions you aren't scored on the merits of what you're actually arguing for. You're scored on whether or not you were able to put forth an effective argument defending whatever position you were assigned. Whether or not you actually believe anything you're saying is irrelevant.

And that's how Vance came across. He didn't seem like he ever cared about actually saying what he believed. All he cared about was saying things that helped him "win" the debate. It all just came across as so phony.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24

voters aren't debate judges

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u/MetricEntric Oct 02 '24

they might as well be 🤷🏿

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u/Mcfinley The Economist published my shitpost x2 Oct 02 '24

couch

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u/Mega_Giga_Tera United Nations Oct 02 '24

Voters judge on vibes, lol.

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u/JDsSperm Oct 02 '24

i agree with this take. 

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u/RustyofShackleford Oct 02 '24

That's something I can give Walz credit on. Don't love the man, but he's...I dunno, he seems like an actual human being. He stutters, he has ticks. Vance seems like an android programmer by the GOP to explain their ideas clearly, but flatly. No emotion, nothing