Yes, I've long theorized that Debate (as a school subject/activity) does harm, because it might lead impressionable kids to think that being good at arguing is what *makes* a person's position correct. Also reinforces the idea of arguments being A or B, when IRL it's more often X^Y-Z+2

More people need to understand that being persuasive is orthogonal to being correct

See: Charlie Kirk

It might have been because the form of debating I did involved you being randomly assigned the position you're going to argue, but I found that much more taught people that the skill with which you make your arguments is what matters in a debate, but that doesn't mean it's actually correct.

Future lawyers love it because lawyers argue whatever they're paid to argue

Hello guess who was friends with someone in highschool who was in the debate club and also had very strong and "correct" opinions. You're spot on.

Winning supersedes being actually correct. It’s awful.

Arguably this is how Ben Shapiro came in to being.