Teach public‑debate skills for civic discourse

Practical debating techniques—structuring claims, explicit signposting, and audience‑first framing—are transferable civic skills that measurably change how institutions and media arguments land with the public. Teaching these skills (in schools, civic programs, or journalist training) would raise the baseline competence of public argument and reduce performative, spectacle‑driven discourse. — If civic institutions adopt debate training, public discussions would become more comprehensible and contestable, improving democratic deliberation and lowering polarization caused by sloppy argumentation.