Letters to the editor from the Oct. 27 Weekly. Readers discussed the Monitor’s coverage of Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

Can debate truly heal divides?

The opening paragraph of the article “Where does Charlie Kirk’s movement go from here?” from the Sept. 29 issue of the Weekly quotes a conservative college student as saying, “[Charlie Kirk] was the guy who would sit down and just debate everyone.” Many commentators have noted with approval the same: Mr. Kirk was out there debating, doing politics the right way. But is this

really the “right way” to heal

political divisions?

Debate is an adversarial process: The objective is to win an argument by scoring points – sometimes with clever rhetorical tricks – against your opponent. When your opponent is unable to parry your thrust, you have

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