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+The criterion is act-consequentialism. Two warrants: |
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+(1) Pleasure is good and pain is bad |
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+Nagel 86 |
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+Thomas Nagel, The View From Nowhere, HUP, 1986: 156-168. |
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+I shall defend … any further reasons. |
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+(2) There is no morally relevant distinction between doing and allowing harm – it’s all about states of affairs |
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+Snyder 02 |
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+Western Washington University - First published Tue May 14, 2002; substantive revision Fri Sep 21, 2007 - http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/doing-allowing/ |
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+In a nutshell, … is morally insignificant. |
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+Advocacy (:20) |
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+I defend the resolution as a general principle. |
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+Contention 1 – Backlash |
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+Restrictions on speech fuel Trump’s agenda regardless of the content – his followers adopt radical stances as part of a larger reaction to the feeling that they’re being silenced |
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+Nichols 1-3 |
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+Tom Nichols, “How the P.C. Police Propelled Donald Trump,” 1-3-16, http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/01/04/how-the-p-c-police-propelled-donald-trump.html Premier |
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+These brutish leftist … extinguish their dissent. |
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+The link is causal – restrictions on college campuses spill over into politics writ large |
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+Tumulty and Johnson 16 |
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+Karen Tumulty and Jenna Johnson, “Why Trump may be winning the war on ‘political correctness’” 1-4-16 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/why-trump-may-be-winning-the-war-on-political-correctness/2016/01/04/098cf832-afda-11e5-b711-1998289ffcea_story.html?utm_term=.db9bc85e5b87 Premier |
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+“Driving powerful sentiments … structure for others.” |
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+Contention 2 – Dissent |
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+Strong First Amendment protections are key to dissenting voices in academia – feminism, CRT, and anti-Islamophobia are reliant on it |
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+Bernstein ’03 |
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+(David E. Bernstein is a professor of Law at George Mason University, 2003, “Defending the First Amendment from Antidiscrimination Laws”, http://ssrn.com/abstract_id=489063)//SJT |
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+Ironically, protecting freedom … well to learn. |
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+Contention 3 – Movements |
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+Free expression is key to civil rights movements for racial minorities, women, and LGBT folks – campuses are key |
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+Harris and Ray 14 Vincent T Harris has an M. Ed. degree and is a doctoral student @ LSU, Darrell C. Ray is a prof @ LSU, HATE SPEECH and THE COLLEGE CAMPUS: CONSIDERATIONS FOR ENTRY LEVEL STUDENT AFFAIRS PRACTITIONERS, Race, Gender and Class 21.1/2 (2014): 185-194. ProQuest. Premier |
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+Down and Cowan … and their views. |
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+Historically, First Amendment and its principles have helped secure civil rights, fight prejudice, and move to equality – the aff is oriented toward ending racism of all forms but with a different method than censorship |
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+Friedersdorf 15 |
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+Friedersdorf, Conor. (Friedersdorf is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where he focuses on politics and national affairs) "Free Speech Is No Diversion." The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, 12 Nov. 2015. Web. 09 Jan. 2017. http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/11/race-and-the-anti-free-speech-diversion/415254/. Premier |
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+Over the course … misrepresenting and stigmatizing allies. |
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+He continues |
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+Let me underscore … widely shared ends.¶ |
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+Contention 4 – Hate Speech |
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+Hate speech statutes are compatible with the aff |
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+Tsesis 10 |
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+ALEXANDER TSESIS*, prof @ Loyola Chicago Law, Burning Crosses on Campus: University Hate Speech Codes, HeinOnline ~-~- 43 Conn. L. Rev. 619 2010-2011, https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/c4c2/a881ffd558d28d2b0d0a738981c7211d85e4.pdf Premier |
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+In Beauharnais, the … prevent intergroup friction. |
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+Contention 5 – Abuse |
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+Speech codes empower white majorities to silence minorities |
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+ACLU 16: American Civil Liberties Union, “Hate Speech on Campus.” Accessed 3 December 2016. https://www.aclu.org/other/hate-speech-campus, WWLD |
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+Historically, defamation laws ……… , we'll be next.” |
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+Hate speech restrictions are used to abuse minorities who don’t agree with leftist ideology – they get called race traitors and it becomes permissible for white men to silence them |
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+Jacobson 16 |
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+Daniel, prof of philosophy @ Michigan, Freedom of Speech under Assault on Campus, CATO POLICY ANALYSIS NO. 796, 8-30-16, Premier |
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+The leading thought … more authentic superiors. |
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+Allowing majoritarian forces to define appropriate and acceptable speech will backfire in the long-term when different groups are in power |
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+Dalmia 16 |
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+Shikha Dalmia, Reason magazine, “Debating NYU's Jeremy Waldron on Free Speech vs. Hate Speech on College Campuses” http://reason.com/blog/2016/09/22/debating-nyus-jeremy-waldron-on-free-spe Premier |
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+Two: Hate speech … against political correctness. |
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+Contention 6 – Exposure and Counter-speech |
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+Free speech brings hate out into the open where we can more effectively counter bad attitudes and forge solidarity against it |
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+ACLU 16 American Civil Liberties Union, “Hate Speech on Campus.” Accessed 3 December 2016. https://www.aclu.org/other/hate-speech-campus, WWLD |
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+Many universities, under … all subject matter. |