Debate: Have Comment Sections Failed?
In recent years, many media companies have disabled them because of widespread abuse and obscenity.

Claim: Comment sections have failed
Reason: Comment sections give value by showing the feelings of the community.
Warrant 0: usually those feelings are malicious and intolerable
Warrant 1: usually those feelings are not malicious and intolerable
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Comment sections have failed
Reason: Moderated comment sections, such as those in the New York Times, are free of the typical abuse and invective often found elsewhere.
Warrant 0: the comment sections actually need to be moderated
Warrant 1: the comment sections actually seldomly need to be moderated
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Comment sections have failed
Reason: Comment sections can bring in more readers if the author addressed different reactions to columns.
Warrant 0: these readers are often knowledgeable and cause the article to be healthily debated
Warrant 1: these readers are often fringe and cause the article to be a circus
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Comment sections have not failed
Reason: People cannot have educated debates, rather they name call and insult in comment sections.
Warrant 0: these sections provide the best entertainment
Warrant 1: these sections do not provide the best entertainment
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Comment sections have failed
Reason: The NY Times comments remind of the good and decent people in the world who speak out where there is a lot of bleak news elsewhere.
Warrant 0: this speaking out has done nothing constructive
Warrant 1: this speaking out has done many things that are constructive
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Comment sections have failed
Reason: Comment sections provide different views on opinion pieces.
Warrant 0: everyone wants a different view
Warrant 1: no one wants a different view
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Comment sections have not failed
Reason: Comments sections are full of partisan individuals looking for a fight, not a conversation.
Warrant 0: fight is the driving force of democracy
Warrant 1: conversation is the driving force of democracy
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Comment sections have failed
Reason: We are able to take into consideration all views and come to a compromise.
Warrant 0: compromises are good solutions which solve underlying problems
Warrant 1: compromises are poor solutions which don't solve underlying problems
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Comment sections have failed
Reason: With good moderation, useful and interesting discussions can be had.
Warrant 0: moderation is usually good
Warrant 1: moderation is usually bad
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Comment sections have failed
Reason: People can learn a lot from reading the comments.
Warrant 0: often times these are opinions disguised as facts and bullying tactics to force people into one belief system
Warrant 1: often times these aren't opinions disguised as facts and bullying tactics to force people into one belief system
Correct warrant: 0