Tournament: Emory | Round: 1 | Opponent: Collegiate DM | Judge: Terre Lonam
Discourse is the starting point of all moral discussions

1. Discourse precedes morality—the way we frame policies or moral questions expresses our unconscious, which is the basis for morality. Rockridge Institute 07
   (“Frames and Framing,” progressive think tank that uses neuroscience and cognitive linguistics to shape argument form and phrasing for progressive values, former website: rockridge institute.org/aboutus/frames- and-framing/index.html, link is broken so here's the full text of the card)

2. Expressing progressive political...improve political debate
Discourse shapes reality – discourse inescapably shapes human behavior, which means the K turns the AC on a post-fiat level. Hill 02 Cheryl Lynn Wofford Hill, "Restating International Jurisprudence in Inclusive Terms: Language as Method in Creating a Hospitable Worldview," 27 Okla. City U.L. Rev. 297, Spring, 2002, LexisNexis 

 “Language is a...of human beings."

3. Objective moral claims are impossible because they all rest on subjective assumptions that make impartial views impossible. Young 90
Impartial reason, as we have seen...of universalist reason.
Iris Marion Young, “Justice and the Politics of Difference.” Princeton University Press. 1990.

I contend that the a priori arguments and theory spikes in the AC pre-empt protest and open debate. By defining what is allowed to be said in opposition to the aff before the neg even speaks, the aff harms the open political discourse essential for the preservation of democracy. Therefore with the spikes, the aff lacks solvency, cannot access their impacts, and triggers harms to both debate and democracy. Therefore I advocate a negative ballot to defeat the logic of preemption in the AC.

The Aff practice of saying that we can’t debate to protest in a certain way mirrors the trend of spatially segregating dissent into “free speech cages”.  Thus dissent and protest are contained and regulated. Elmer and Opel 08  Greg- Director of the Infoscape research lab and Bell Globemedia Research Chair @ Ryerson University, and Andy, associate professor Dept. of Communication @ Florida State University, Preempting Dissent: The Politics of an Inevitable Future, p.  30-31, GAL

This chapter argues that..in the US

The logic of preemption cannot be contained within debate because it infiltrates boundaries and permeates the public sphere. Massumi , a professor in the Communication Department of the Université de Montréal, “Potential Politics and the Primacy of Preemption”, Theory and Event, Vol. 10, Iss. 2, ProQuest, GAL 24.

Preemption's operational parameter...flow of preemptive action