If you are part of a serious debating society you will be expected to be able to form an argument for or against a concept, viewpoint or position regardless of your personal beliefs.
This is arguing constructively without the entrenched partisan foxholes people dig for themselves which makes it so hard to have civilized discussions and conversation with many people in our current febrile social climate.
My understanding was that that was becoming more rare in collegiate debate societies these days. Have things changed since the below article was published?
I think the steady erosion of free speech, with identity politics challenging the idea of 'debate' is perfectly illustrated by your posted article about the USA.
