This week I would like to discuss the following question: A. At what point is it appropriate to drop a debater for making an offensive argument rather than simply tanking their speaker points? It’s difficult to go through an entire round on this topic without hearing an argument that is offensive or at least insensitive. That’s not terribly surprising – I have also found that in constructing arguments it is difficult to know what would cross the line or what might be hurtful to a debater or judge whose life has been affected by domestic violence.
Paradigms and Principles: Offensive Arguments
Paradigms and Principles: Offensive Arguments
Paradigms and Principles: Offensive Arguments
This week I would like to discuss the following question: A. At what point is it appropriate to drop a debater for making an offensive argument rather than simply tanking their speaker points? It’s difficult to go through an entire round on this topic without hearing an argument that is offensive or at least insensitive. That’s not terribly surprising – I have also found that in constructing arguments it is difficult to know what would cross the line or what might be hurtful to a debater or judge whose life has been affected by domestic violence.