Here’s the problem in this sentence:
“If you’re gonna engage in an honest and productive debate...”
You can’t debate a 50 IQ leftist. They don’t debate or think; they feel. Once that is understood, you can debate them on their emotional level, which includes:
1. Threats of violence.
2. Violence.
3. Death.
President Reagan understood that and used it to great advantage to collapse the former Soviet Union.
I’ve been all over Facebook arguing and attempting to discuss the issues and they have nothing but cheap emotionalism to argue with. They simply want the Government to DO SOMETHING! ANYTHING! to make them feel safe.
They have no concept of Unintended Consequences of such actions.