It occurred to me that the 'debate' was exactly like the blogs where no discussion can take place.

Clinton was prepared to debate, while Trump was there for paintball. Clinton actually included some paintball training in her prep, though, and turned out to be a pretty good shot.

Trump, on the other hand, doesn't aim, he just 'sprays' with his fully automatic paintball gun.

You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete.
R. Buckminster Fuller