The phrase "equipped to discuss" is correct and can be used in written English.
It means that someone has the necessary knowledge, skills, or resources to engage in a discussion on a particular topic. Example: "As a trained therapist, I am well equipped to discuss mental health issues with my clients."
I felt equipped to discuss anything from Salinger to Sartre.
This space is better equipped to discuss the social and ethical implications of truly meaningful technological change.
Today, neither Democrats nor Republicans seem particularly equipped to discuss the past or future of manufacturing in a realistic way.
But, as a scientist, he feels professionally equipped to discuss more philosophical matters, and in this domain there is a fatal lack of conceptual sophistication.
It bridged the divide by interpreting climate risks in readily accessible financial language, enabling investors to enter the debate equipped to discuss returns and carbon.
After all, the minimum wage is obviously an economic policy: shouldn't economists be the people best equipped to discuss its effects?
Or why parents and children in this country are so ill-equipped to discuss these things with each other.
As an internationally-minded office, the staff is well-equipped to discuss cross-cultural issues and the benefits of enhancing students' international experiences.
Anyway, since I did not pitch I am ill-equipped to discuss the finer points of the various pitches.
After her confirmation hearing, where DeVos seemed ill-equipped to discuss public education issues and suggested allowing guns at schools to fend off bear attacks, voters flooded Capitol Hill with calls and emails to block her nomination.
This may be that health-care providers are unaware of the legal issues patients may experience during or after cancer diagnosis, time is limited during interaction with health-care providers with appointments spent on medical aspects of treatment and monitoring, or that providers may feel ill-equipped to discuss legal issues due to lack of knowledge themselves.
