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+This is a critique, not of the Affirmative’s argument but of their performance. |
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+Contention 1: Ethical Debate |
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+The use of speed is a way to dodge true debate – hiding behind a meaningless game of dropped arguments destroys the integrity of debate as a medium where clash allows for meaningful discourse over competing ideas. |
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+Talley, James. "Why Speed Kills." Debate Central, Oct. 1996, debate.uvm.edu/NFL/ rostrumlib/cxtalley1096.pdf. Accessed 24 Sept. 2016. WC |
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+Since its beginning… in the debate. |
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+This is a voting issue for quality of debate. All constructive components of debate, including fairness, education, and activism, stem from having an ethical debate space that’s conducive to such benefits. |
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+Contention 2:Portable Skills |
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+Spreading kills any real-world benefits of debate and turns it into a bizarre, useless game. The K is key to making debate an educational space. |
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+Modde, Douglas. "THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES, OR, WHAT IS WRONG WITH SPEED DEBATE." Debate Central, Oct. 1996, debate.uvm.edu/NFL/rostrumlib/ cxmodde1096.pdf. Accessed 24 Sept. 2016. WC |
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+I have been … end our shame. |
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+Contention 3: Ableism |
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+Spreading excludes certain people with disabilities from the debate space – a slow processing speed goes hand in hand with certain attention issues, and makes my opponent’s performance inaccessible. |
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+Kelly, Kate. "Processing Speed: What You Need to Know." January 16, 2015. Understood: For Learning and Attention Issues, www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/ child-learning-disabilities/information-processing-issues/ processing-speed-what-you-need-to-know. Accessed 24 Sept. 2016. Kate Kelly has written 19 books on such family-related topics as child rearing, home renovation, family finance, and organization. She has been a guest on ABC's World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, ABC's Good Morning America, ABC's The View, NBC's Weekend Today Show, CBS's The Early Show, CNN, MSNBC, and the Fox News Network. She attended Smith College. WC |
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+Processing speed is … well they’re doing. |
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+Spreading is a form of ableist exclusion that denies certain people the right to participate in debate – this justifies the silencing of the disabled experience and fosters real world exclusion. |
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+Zelinger 7/7 (Julie Zeilinger: a freelance author from the Barnard College class of 2015. Mic.com: “6 Forms of Ableism We Need to Retire Immediately” published July 7th, 2015. Accessed July 24th, 2015. http://mic.com/articles/121653/6-forms-of-ableism-we-need-to-retire-immediately)TheFedora |
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+Nearly 1 in … in our society." |
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+Perpetuating ableist stigmas excludes disabled bodies – this translates into real-world suffering. |
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+Stevens 7/24 (Danielle Stevens is co-founder and editor-in-chief of This Bridge Called Our Health, an online healing space for women and femmes of color. For Harriet: “We Must Change the Ableist Language Surrounding Sandra Bland's Death” published July 24th, 2015. Accessed July 25th, 2015. http://www.forharriet.com/2015/07/we-must-change-ableist-language.html#axzz3gw69D8jc)TheFedora |
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+The impact of … to seek treatment. |