It is an objective truth that a dismaying percentage of posts on FR are neither calculated, nor rational, nor logical, nor free from emotional drivel.
If you try to correct someone's logic you are castigated in posts that are less logical, less rational, and more emotional.
There are also a rather large number of shills doing their dirty work on FR. Their posts are only logical and rational in that, if believed and acted on by a sufficient number of Freepers, they will allow the shills to profit.
It would be nice if FR could in part be a safe place for the honing of arguments and debating techniques. It is more often a place for the reiteration and exaggeration of bogus arguments and poor debating tactics.
Gresham's Law is too often in full force.
All I can say is “preach it, baby.”
Also, I found out tonight that “debate” is a term that is best left unused in most threads. It makes some people (interestingly, those without forensic background nor knowledge) “uncomfortable.”