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+Reject the aff because of his use of ‘we’ in place of first personal singular pronouns such as I, my, or third person singular pronouns corresponding to gender identity. |
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+The word “we” when used to apply to a single person references the “royal we” and is used to dominate and marginalize oppressed groups. Noël ‘94 |
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+(Lise Noël “Intolerance: The Parameters of Oppression” McGill-Queen’s University Press. 1994) |
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+"Sometimes the oppressed ... language of objectivity." |
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+Your insistence on the use of ‘we’ is part of a broader project to prevent resistance to sexism – we need gendered language to identify material oppression. Cox ‘16 |
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+("They oppress they? Why non-specific pronouns won’t ‘solve sexism’", MAY 9, 2016 by SUSAN COX, http://www.feministcurrent.com/2016/05/09/they-oppress-they-why-non-specific-pronouns-wont-solve-sexism/) |
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+"“They” has been ... must be changed." |
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+My argument is NOT that my opponent identifies in any way – but that the obscuring of such identities destroys our ability to deconstruct sexist oppression. |
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+This is a reason to negate! |
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+1. Examining discourse is necessary to uncover and challenge systems of power. This precludes all other impacts, we can only approach knowledge once we untangle it from regimes of power. Bleiker ‘03 |
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+(Discourse and Human Agency Roland Bleiker1 School of Political Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QID 4072, Australia. E-mail: bleiker@mailbox.ug.edu.an Contemporary Political Theory, 2003, 2, (25–47) r 2003 Palgrave Macmillan Ltd 1470-8914/03 $15.00) |
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+"‘It is within ... thereby becomes improbable.’" |
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+2. Fiat is illusory – when you sign your ballot Congress isn’t spurred to action. However, the things we endorse as people do make a difference since it affects how we actually see and live in the world. |
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+In round discourse matters —you are an educator – drop the flow. Vincent ‘13 |
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+(Christopher Debate Coach, former college NDT debater “Re-Conceptualizing Our Performances: Accountability In Lincoln Douglas Debate” |
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+"Charles Mills argues ... community could have." |