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Rebecca Solnit wrote: "You cannot win a debate with a shameless liar, because what you’re supposed to be debating are facts & positions. A lie [like a nasty fart - KDJ] is a kind of poison; once it’s in the room it makes an impression that is hard to undo, & trying to undo it only amplifies it."
"As political journalist John Nichols put it, “CNN is illustrating how a ‘debate’ where the moderators reject the basic responsibility of fact-checking in real time, & refuse to challenge blatantly false statements, is not a debate. It’s a chaos where lies are given equal footing with the truth.”
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/28/debate-losers-american-people