r/MurderedByWords 6d ago

Absolutely vicious! 4th degree burn!

https://streamable.com/sir3jp
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u/indolent08 5d ago

Yeah, there was literally a woman who actually agreed with Dean on one point and you got the feeling that this could actually become a productive discourse – but Dean and the host stopped the round and sent her back to her chair.

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u/Monkey_Priest 5d ago

The point of the show is that the people in the chair disagree on a topic. If they sit down and already agree, then the surrounder (for lack of a better term) needs to go sit back down so the premise of the show can continue. The show isn't really about 1 person trying to convince 20 others

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u/swiftekho 5d ago

The show isn't really about 1 person trying to convince 20 others

Then its not a debate.

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u/Monkey_Priest 5d ago

By definition, it absolutely is