Yeah, Kirk simply viewed the author of the article as more content for his show. Nothing more. Kirk didn’t debate based on some morality or desire to exchange ideas. He used debate as a tool for entertainment and shutting down the exchange of ideas. He turned debate into a grotesque hollow shell of itself and profited from it.
Yeah, Kirk simply viewed the author of the article as more content for his show. Nothing more. Kirk didn’t debate based on some morality or desire to exchange ideas. He used debate as a tool for entertainment and shutting down the exchange of ideas. He turned debate into a grotesque hollow shell of itself and profited from it.
And all that would have been so much easier for him if somebody walked into it expecting a good faith argument.