The decibel level of current discourse is deafening. Where once a man or woman was judged by the persuasive tone of their voice, today they are judged by how loudly they can scream their ill-formed opinions. Current discourse is no longer an artform guided by rules and requiring mental preparation. It is noise pollution, verbal dissonance. It requires nothing more than passions be properly inflamed.
Liberalism strikes intellectualism from debate.
There are no ground rules, no framework in argument. Even logic itself, a liberal will argue, is relative. Choice of words is unimportant, the baser the better. But one must be careful not to choose from an ever-changing, long list of politically unacceptable expressions. Ultimately, to participate in this new free-form style of discussion, no training is needed.