And that's putting it nicely. Black belts fight; I made it sound like they at least make up a bunch of bullshit to win debates with but they don't do that. If they debate any further than some superficial devil's advocate that the professors will play during dissertation to an idea that they actually embrace, they fail. A PhD candidate in political science in the US gets his degree by kissing his professors' asses. Cite their papers, say you stand on the shoulders of giants, then find a slightly tweaked approach to validating the US system or criticizing the systems of rivals, basically say what they've always been saying in a slightly different way. Debate no one, because you survive by presenting ideas that everyone likes to hear. If you're debating your professors, telling them that they're wrong and you're right in recognizing the strength and morality of a rival system, motherfucker, the only people who are gonna be attending your dissertation are from the FBI... and ICE if you've got so much as a single molecule of melanin on your skin anywhere, even under your nutsack. And ICE is gonna be as pissed at you as they will be confused because you're using PhD words on people who barely read at a third grade level.
