While I was in high school in 1970, a teacher wanted a debate on capital punishment. Nobody would take the pro side, so I volunteered. The situation, with more than a hundred students present, quickly became a near riot with people screaming at me. I never raised my voice, but continued to apply logic and the law as I understood it. Afterwards, the teacher and many of the class were angry with me for days. I had no feelings about capital punishment either way, at the time. I just took it as an assignment to debate. I got a bad grade.
What I’m saying is, this is a lose/lose assignment for the students. It should never have been assigned to them.
Totally unacceptable for the illogical snowflakes and ignorant anti-whatevers being produced by the school system these days.