Well, I could have mentioned I was district champion in both Oxford and Lincoln Douglas debate, but you wouldn't care anyway.  Learning a sport,(debate is sport), that stretches your intellect is similar to athletes that establish positive health habits that last a lifetime.

The fact is that you would learn more about logic and analytical thinking in  a month of high school debate than you have apparently learned in your what 70 years?   (I have no idea how old you are.)

Nobody has to go through a formal debate to learn the tools of logic, or, understand the work of propaganda and deception, so that you won't fall victim to such tricks.    Again, there are plenty of ways for a person to learn such skills if they have an interest.  I doubt it matters to you Don, you're not going to alter your  self-constructed view of the world

Again, you insult me personally.   The only tool in your box of self-esteem seems is to belittle those who don't agree with you.