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	1	+=Pluralism Aff =
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	4	+====I affirm and value individual freedom.====
	5	+
	6	+
	7	+====Because the resolution specifies the actor as public colleges and universities in the United States, freedom is best maximized under pluralistic democracy.====
	8	+
	9	+
	10	+====A Subpoint: Any external imposition of a conception of a moral good on others is morally bankrupt – the good depends on the preferences of people ====
	11	+Mackie 78 Mackie, John L (chair of philosophy in the University of York, a position he held until 1967 when he was instead elected a fellow of University College, Oxford, where he served as praelector). "Can There be a Right‐Based Moral Theory?" Midwest Studies in Philosophy 3.1 (1978): 350-359 (jj)
	12	+But even this is not enough. A plausible goal, or good for man
	13	+AND
	14	+as central the right of persons progressively to choose how they shall live.
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	16	+
	17	+====B Subpoint: Public policy must be justifiable to all – imposition of any particular good creates a precedent of might makes right ====
	18	+Borgebund 10 Harald Borgebund PhD. The University of York. Department of Politics. Liberal Constitutionalism: Re-thinking the Relationship between Justice and Democracy. 2010 (jj)
	19	+Simply put, society is made up of conflicting conceptions of the good, and
	20	+AND
	21	+cast in terms of a social contract (Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau).
	22	+
	23	+
	24	+====C Subpoint: Legitimate deliberation must be non-coercive – the state cannot impose requirements on some so that they respect other people’s preferences. ====
	25	+Dryzek 02 John Dryzek Professor of Social Theory and Political Theory in Australian National University's Political Science Program in the Research School of Social Sciences. Deliberative Democracy and Beyond: Liberals, Critics, Contestations. Oxford University Press. 2002 (jj)
	26	+The only condition for authentic deliberation is then the requirement that communication induce reflection upon
	27	+AND
	28	+speech.
	29	+8. outweighs deontological framework because all voices are heard.
	30	+
	31	+
	32	+====Thus, the standard is ensuring legitimate structures of pluralism. ====
	33	+
	34	+
	35	+===Contention 1: Time, Place and Manner Restrictions on Free Speech on Campus Further Entrench Oppression===
	36	+
	37	+
	38	+====In Ward v. Rock Against Racism, the Supreme Court held that government regulation that is not directed at content, but instead regulates the time, place or manner of speech is subject to a more lenient level of scrutiny. ====
	39	+
	40	+
	41	+====Hundreds of Universities are destroying free speech now by pushing the free speech to the far corners and margins of the campus.====
	42	+Burleigh, Nina. "THE BATTLE AGAINST ‘HATE SPEECH’ ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES GIVES RISE TO A GENERATION THAT HATES SPEECH." News Week. May 26, 2016. Web. December 05, 2016. (jj)
	43	+More than half of America’s colleges and universities now have restrictive speech codes. And
	44	+AND
	45	+verbal conduct" that potentially violates the civil rights of minorities and women.
	46	+
	47	+
	48	+====AND, these so-called free speech zone regulations create a "geography of censorship" that destroys the effectiveness of the message and render the freedom of speech meaningless.====
	49	+Mitchell, Don. "The Liberalization Of Free Speech: Or, How Protest In Public Space Is Silenced." Stanford Angola. April 01, 2016. Web. December 08, 2016. (jj)
	50	+To the degree that the state has learned – or been forced – to restrain
	51	+AND
	52	+truth" of the state, and more with constantly assuring its justness.
	53	+
	54	+
	55	+====To the extent that the state forces speech into the margins and corners of campus in order to effectively silence the speech, the speech right is rendered impotent against the oppressive power of the state. ====
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	57	+
	58	+====AND====
	59	+
	60	+
	61	+====Open debate, democratic discourse, and a free market-place of ideas on campuses has been usurped by the political correctness movement which seeks to suppress any speech that does is not in line with cultural notions of diversity. Rather than protect minorities, this paternalizes them ====
	62	+Tolhurst, Michael. "The Spirit Of Free Expression And Its Erosion On Campus." Koch Institute. August 16, 2016. Web. December 05, 2016. (jj)
	63	+Even though speech codes are often adopted to remedy particular ills (e.g
	64	+AND
	65	+ability to freely associate within the civil society that is a campus community.
	66	+
	67	+
	68	+===Contention 2: Trigger Warnings Infantalize College Students and Make them Woefully Unprepared for the Real World===
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	71	+====Triggers and microaggressions define the world that we live in—as soon as we leave the debate, we can be confronted with a trigger that nobody could have predicted—that means that there are no truly safe spaces and pretending debate should be or is a safe space is only wishful thinking====
	72	+
	73	+
	74	+====Trigger warnings hamper education—it is impossible to learn about some topics without running into triggers, but that doesn’t make them unimportant—like slavery or the Rwandan genocide====
	75	+Friedersdorf 15
	76	+~~Conor Friedersdorf Is A Staff Writer At The Atlantic, Where He Focuses On Politics and National Affairs. He Lives In Venice, California, And Is The Founding Editor Of The Best Of Journalism, A Newsletter Devoted To Exceptional Nonfiction., "What HBO Can Teach Colleges About 'Trigger Warnings'", Atlantic, 5-20-2014, http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/05/what-trigger-warning-activists-and-critics-can-learn-from-hbo/371137/, 7-28-2015 //(JJ)~~
	77	+"The world is rife with racism, classism, sexism, heterosexism, cissexism
	78	+AND
	79	+to be specific, is to force clarity of thought and convey useful meaning
	80	+
	81	+
	82	+====Students on college campuses are strong and capable and don’t need to be protected from the real world—instituting mandatory trigger warnings only serves to make professors and students shy away from topics that are more difficult to discuss, but no less important, meaning that educational potential is hampered and students are infantilized and given an education that is less than exceptional—this turns their impact because the infantalization of survivors of trauma causes outsiders to treat them as if they’re going to break at the slightest mention of a trigger====
	83	+
	84	+
	85	+===Contention 3: Violating Free Speech Creates an Imbalance in Political Power and Marginalizes those who are Considered "The Other"===
	86	+
	87	+
	88	+====When the censors possess the power, they have the power to determine the message. This leads to a might makes right mentality where opposing voices are marginalized.====
	89	+Kuznicki, Jason. "Attack Of The Utility Monsters The New Threats To Free Speech." Policy Analysis. November 16, 2009. Web. December 08, 2016. (jj)
	90	+Today’s would-be censors often have extreme political views. Many come from the
	91	+AND
	92	+imbalance in political power. The dynamics of this imbalance will be examined.

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Judge

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	1	+Sara Kaplan, Wesley Kendall, and Emma Hobbs

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	1	+Foothill RB

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	1	+3

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	1	+Doubles

Team

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	1	+Kent Denver London Aff

Title

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	1	+JANFEB - Pluralism AC

Tournament

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	1	+ASU