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The Right Way to Debate Someone on the Internet Alan Jacobs May 22 2012,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], 11:05 AM ET Tweet More Email Print The web gives us the possibility of quoting our opponents in their entirety and,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], failing that, at least linking to their work. President Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter debate during the 1976 presidential race. (Library of Congress)It's not often that an ill-tempered, excessive response to respectful criticism is good thing -- but I think I've found a case where it is. Not long ago The Oatmeal ran a comic explaining "Why Nikola Tesla Was the Greatest Geek Who Ever Lived",[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], which turned out to be at least as much of an attack on Thomas Edison as a celebration of Tesla. To this Alex Knapp at Forbes retorted, "Nikola Tesla Wasn't God and Thomas Edison Wasn't the Devil",[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],[link widoczny dla zalogowanych] outlet,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a post which begins with a great deal of praise for The Oatmeal but argues that some of the claims made in the Tesla-vs.-Edison post were wrong. To this The Oatmeal responded ... well, not exactly graciously. And, to my mind,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],