Tournament: CPS | Round: 3 | Opponent: dont remember | Judge: dont remember
PART 1 IS THE FRAMEWORK:
The ballot goes to whoever best resists the authority of interpretation.
First, every form of authority is provisional
Martin Hagglund (2006): The Necessity of Discrimination Disjoining Derrida and Levinas. LHP RS
"if we follow... in the first place."
For this reason, no authority can be reasonably given the power of interpretation.
Mouffe: Mouffe, Chantal 98, The Democratic Paradox
"As a consequence, thinking is invaluable"
Therefore, giving power to a higher authority is inherently bad
Butler 1997: (Judith American philosopher and gender theorist; Excitable Speech. New York, NY: Routledge, 1997. Print)
"in each of ... from protected speech."
Part 2 is the Advocacy:
Affirm as a rejection of the power of educational authorities to control the interpretation of speech
Fritsch:
"The first of... of the other."
Trifonas: Trifonas, Peter. PEDAGOGIES OF DIFFERENCE: RETHINKING EDUCATION FOR SOCIAL CHANGE. New
York, London. 2003.
"Domination and subordination... relations as equals."
Part 3 is the offense:
The neg links: Any restriction on speech requires the interpretation of authority.
Butler 2:
"Thus a statement... of the threat."
There is no clear line for what speech counts as harassing
Linzer 12, Linzer, Peter (Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center. A.B. 1960, Cornell University; J.D. 1963, Columbia University School of Law) “White Liberal Looks at Racist Speech,” St. John’s Law Review: Vol. 65: Iss. 1, Article 8. 2012. http://scholarship.law.stjohns.edu/lawreview/vol65/iss1/8
"The disapproval of... some words poisonous."
Speech codes are oppressive in themselves.
Ronald J Rychlak, Professor, University of Mississippi School of Law, “Civil Rights, Confederate Flags, and Political Correctness: Free Speech and Race Relations on Campus,” Tulane Law Review Vol. 66, 1992.
"The movement to... with little discretion."
Restriction of speech provides little distinction between speech
@ACLU. "Hate Speech on Campus." American Civil Liberties Union. American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, n.d. Web. 16 Dec. 2016.
"Free speech rights... anti-semitic speech."
Allowing interpretation by authority furthers the problem we are trying to solve:
@ACLU:
"Historically, defamation laws... we'll be next."