The dialectical method is rational debate minus emotional bias towards your own position. The dialectical method is a humble search for truth via debating different points of view. Any attempt to "destroy" the other persons position is in violation of the dialectic method since it appeals to emotion and the intention is to destroy rather than build. The dialectic method treats your interlocutor as a partner not as an opponent. We are partners in finding truth together by bouncing our ideas off of each other in a way that challenges the ideas, not each other. We must promote the dialectical method over cruder types of debates.
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