This year’s Jan/Feb LD topic has come with many theoretical issues that debaters have abused to avoid topical discussion in favor of hyper specific theory interpretations used to get easy wins. Amongst these are: solvency advocate shells, fiat abuse claims, and many topicality interpretations. Perhaps the most foreign topicality argument, for LD, is effects topicality. This argument suggests that the affirmative must not advocate a plan that takes multiple steps to arrive at a topical action i.e. a plan is not topical in its direct policy or mandate but alleviates harms associated with the topic through a variety of internal links.
Effective Topical Limits
Effective Topical Limits
Effective Topical Limits
This year’s Jan/Feb LD topic has come with many theoretical issues that debaters have abused to avoid topical discussion in favor of hyper specific theory interpretations used to get easy wins. Amongst these are: solvency advocate shells, fiat abuse claims, and many topicality interpretations. Perhaps the most foreign topicality argument, for LD, is effects topicality. This argument suggests that the affirmative must not advocate a plan that takes multiple steps to arrive at a topical action i.e. a plan is not topical in its direct policy or mandate but alleviates harms associated with the topic through a variety of internal links.