“Debate me. Any time, any topic. Wage gap? Easy, it’s fake. Economics? Lower taxes and less regulation make everyone better off. Look it up, it’s true. Facts don’t care about your feelings.”

Okay, this is a caricature. But unfortunately, this caricature reflects a real archetype which has become all too prominent in our political culture. I should know; it’s a caricature of myself, circa 2020. I was an insufferable debate bro.

For those who don’t know (I envy you), “ debate bro ” is a term that has cropped up to describe people, primarily men, who obsessively engage in debate for debate’s sake. For the love of the game, one might say. The archetype largely exists online, but I was never a content creator, thank God. I only emulated the behavior of debate bro content creators in my pers

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