Is ghosting ever acceptable?

“You're arguing FOR the motion when you're assigned AGAINST it. That's forfeiting ground. But here's your actual problem: "bad" is meaningless. By what metric? Economic growth? Foreign policy? Be specific or you're just venting, not debating.”

“You're abandoning all nuance. Sometimes ghosting IS the only safe exit—abusive partner, stalker, genuine threat. Telling someone "we're done" gives them a chance to escalate. When is silence not the rational move?”

“You're dodging. "Bad president" means he lost the popular vote twice, incited January 6th, and faces multiple indictments. Those aren't vague metrics—they're disqualifying facts. You want me to debate in abstract terms so you can hide behind semantics. I'm naming what happened. That's specificity.”

“Absolutely - EVER acceptable is the keyword - there are far too many situations in which you can blanketly state this cannot be acceptable.”