Debate the other side.
Debatable matches you with a stranger who disagrees with you for a live video debate, judged by AI. Politics if you want politics. Anything else if you do not.
Sign in with Google, Apple, or email. Camera on for every debater, as yourself or behind an avatar. Under 18 needs a parent, guardian, or coach.
Not only politics
Policon matches you on a 24-statement political survey, and if a political opposite is all you want, it does that well; our comparison says so. Debatable matches on any disagreement. The Match Desk asks what you like talking about, whose views you agree with, and whose views you would enjoy arguing against, then pairs you with a real person who also asked to be challenged. The room puts you on opposite sides of a topic you both accepted. Sometimes that is immigration. Sometimes it is whether landlords provide a service.
Reader who only wants the political fight: start at political debate, which lays out the party fault lines and sends you into the same live queue.
Debate a conservative online
If you lean left and want someone who will actually defend the other case, say so at the Match Desk. Name the commentators whose views you want to argue against and choose to be matched with someone who disagrees. You get a person, not a chatbot playing a part, and they chose the match the same way you did. The topic is agreed before anyone speaks, so the round is about one claim rather than a whole identity: tariffs, voter ID, school vouchers, licensing, the tax code.
The judge does not know or care which side is the conservative one. It scores whether the argument held up.
Debate a liberal online
Same door, other direction. If you lean right and are tired of arguing with people who already agree with you, the Match Desk works for you too. The questions are symmetrical and the matching rule is the same: someone who asked to be challenged, a topic you both accepted, opposite sides. Redistribution, rent caps, platform moderation, a universal basic income, the four-day week. The judge reads the transcript and writes down who made the better case and why.
Non-political disagreements
Most arguments people actually have are not about parties. The topic bank is built for those too.
Ethics and relationships
Is it ever fine to go through a partner's phone. Should you tell a friend their partner is cheating. Is having kids selfish. Do you owe your parents anything.
Sports
Should college athletes be paid more than their professors. Should every driver retake the road test. Is a draw a fair result in a final.
Technology
Nobody under 14 should have a smartphone. AI art is still art. Should companies publish every employee's salary. Is remote work better for the people doing it.
Culture and everyday life
Tipping should be abolished. Cars should be banned from downtown. Spoilers make good movies better. Is the drinking age wrong.
You can also propose your own topic in the room. The other person has to accept it before the round starts.
How the round is judged
The side does not matter to the judge.
The AI judge follows a published rubric and scores reasoning, responsiveness, and weighing. It does not score which position it agreed with.
You see the reasoning.
The decision names who won and why, with both sides scored. The rubric, the models, and the appeal path are at /judge-integrity.
Some topics are off the table.
Abortion, sexual or domestic violence, suicide and self-harm, child abuse, graphic violence, capital punishment, and genocide are off the bank everywhere, including custom topics.
Everyone is on camera.
Both debaters publish video, as themselves or behind an avatar. You can leave, report, or block at any time.
Questions people ask
How do I talk to someone with opposite political views online?
Open the live queue, answer the optional Match Desk questions about whose views you agree with and whose you would argue against, and pick the option to be matched with someone who disagrees. You meet on video, agree on a topic together, and take opposite sides. An AI judge scores the argument.
Can I debate a conservative online?
Yes. Tell the Match Desk you want someone who disagrees and name the people whose views you want to argue against. You are paired with a real person, and the room puts you on opposite sides of a topic you both accepted.
Can I debate a liberal online?
Yes, the same way. The matching questions work in both directions, and the judge scores reasoning rather than the position.
Does it have to be about politics?
No. The topic bank covers money, work, relationships, ethics, technology, sports, and culture alongside politics, and you can propose your own topic.
Is the judge biased toward one side?
The judge follows a published rubric and scores how well each side argued, not which position it agreed with. See /judge-integrity.
Find the person who thinks you are wrong.
Agree on the question. Take opposite sides. Let the judge call it.
Find someone on the other side