text:  The performance, and it is a performance, a debate is very performative. It's not just what you say, it's how you say it. Eddie Izzard, when he was funny and not as much of a causehead, Eddie Izzard said this years ago. It's not what you say, it's not just what you say, it's how you say it. It's the bravado, it's the surety in how you say it.