In Thiel's childhood the great national debate was about defeating the Soviet Union, whereas now the great debate is said to be about who gets to use which bathroom.
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Factual: Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?
Reasoning
Rhetorical characterization of 'the great national debate' in different eras is too vague to test.
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Peter Thiel, “In Thiel's childhood the great national debate was about defeating the Soviet Union, whereas now the great debate is said to be about who gets to use which bathroom.” (said 21 July 2016). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_bcae182d0a6a, method 0.1.0+3e03e2df, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_bcae182d0a6a
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