Logical debate has one advantage over narrative, rhetoric, and violence: it’s an asymmetric weapon. That is, it’s a weapon which is stronger in the hands of the good guys than in the hands of the bad guys.
You’ve also repeated the incorrect usage in twocomments to this post.
(Edit: Already fixed, no longer relevant.)
Should be “symmetric”. From Scott’s post:
You’ve also repeated the incorrect usage in two comments to this post.
Thanks, fixed!