Tournament: Colleyville Heritage | Round: 1 | Opponent: Lake Travis TW | Judge: Matt Dooley
I affirm. I value morality due to the word ought in the resolution which implies a moral obligation.
First, structural violence excludes certain individuals from the moral sphere, meaning it’s impossible to create a coherent moral code without resolving issues of structural violence, Winter and Leighton : Winter and Leighton 01. Winter, D. D., and Dana C. Leighton." Structural violence." Peace, conflict and violence: Peace psychology for the 21st century (2001): 99-101
Finally, to recognize...reduce structural violence.
Structural violence can only be resolved via a focus on tangible conditions.
Johnson no date Allan Johnson (PhD in sociology, he joined the sociology department at Wesleyan University) http://www.cabrillo.edu/~lroberts/AlanJohnsonWhatCanWeDO001.pdf
Privilege is a feature...and one another.
This just entails leaving open the option of specific reforms without committing to reformism in all instances. D’Amato. Paul D’Amato. The meaning of Marxism. 2nd Edition.
It is important to...found society anew.
The state is bad in many ways but the 1ac uses the state as a heurist which allows us to contextualize how to better combat the state.
Zanotti 14 Dr. Laura Zanotti (Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech) “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013.
By questioning substantialist...and pessimistic activism.
Thus, the standard is to challenge oppression through discourse.
Contention 1: Oppression
It allows us to identify racists so that we can persuade them otherwise; this solves the root cause of oppression-the oppressors mindset.
ACLU 16. American Civil Liberties Union. For almost 100 years, the ACLU has worked to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States., “Hate Speech on Campus”, ACLU, 2016. https://www.aclu.org/other/hate-speech-campus//AD
Many universities, under...all subject matter.
Most universities maintain speech codes that violate the constitution.
Moore 16 James R. Moore (Cleveland State University) “You Cannot Say That in American Schools: Attacks on the First Amendment” Social Studies Research and Practice Volume 11 Number 1 112 Spring 2016 http://www.socstrpr.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/MS06579_Moore.pdf
The first amendment...the First Amendment.
Thus I advocate that: Public colleges and universities and universities in the United States ought not restrict any constitutionally protected speech.
I reserve the right to clarify in CX.
Allowing limitations on free speech because it’s “offensive” creates more emotional trauma and more violence in the real world.
Lukianoff and Haidt 15 Jonathan Haidt (social psychologist and professor of ethical leadership at the NYU-Stern School of Business) and Greg Lukianoff (president and CEO of the Foundatino of Individual Rights in Education) “The Coddling of the American Mind” The Atlantic September 2015 http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/09/the-coddling-of-the-american-mind/399356/
Cognitive behavioral therapy...of our history.
Hate groups are becoming more and more prevalent.
Heller 16 Dave Heller “Examining the rise in hate groups” Newsworks December 6th 2016 http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/newsworks-tonight/99466-examining-the-rise-in-hate-groups)
More than 900...back against hate.
Allowing for counter narratives and perspectives historically solves hate.
Davidson 16 Alexander (California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo) “The Freedom of Speech in Public Forums on College Campuses: A Single-Site Case Study on Pushing the Boundaries of the Freedom of Speech” A Senior Project presented to The Faculty of the Journalism Department California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Bachelor of Science in Journalism June 2016
All experts agreed...combat the issue.
Anti-hate speech legislation mutates into harmful forms of censorship.
Moore 16 James R. Moore (Cleveland State University) “You Cannot Say That in American Schools: Attacks on the First Amendment” Social Studies Research and Practice Volume 11 Number 1 112 Spring 2016 http://www.socstrpr.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/MS06579_Moore.pdf
In many cases...offended by ideas.
Restrictions on hate speech fail – they’ll just repackage the message using a dog-whistle.
Malik 12 (Kenan Malik, I am a writer, lecturer and broadcaster. My latest book is The Quest for a Moral Compass: A Global History of Ethics, “why hate speech should not be banned”, April 12, 2012, https://kenanmalik.wordpress.com/2012/04/19/why-hate-speech-should-not-be-banned/)
Kenan Malik: I...that is dangerous.
Spillover effect – challenging oppression in everyday discussions is key to shaping larger cultural landscapes.
Malik 2 (Kenan Malik, I am a writer, lecturer and broadcaster. My latest book is The Quest for a Moral Compass: A Global History of Ethics, “why hate speech should not be banned”, April 12, 2012, https://kenanmalik.wordpress.com/2012/04/19/why-hate-speech-should-not-be-banned/)
Much of what...for that claim.
Contention 2: rape culture.
Lack of rape law education hurts survivors of sexual assault – they won’t win court cases
Soave 14 (Robby Soave, Dec. 16, 2014, “Profs Have Stopped Teaching Rape Law Now That Everything 'Triggers' Students”,http://reason.com/blog/2014/12/16/profs-have-stopped-teaching-rape-law-now)
Students seem more...travesty of justice.
Restrictions of speech stunts sexual assault activism on campus and reduces awareness of the issue
Baker 15 (Katie J.M. Baker, Apr. 3, 2015, “Teaching Rape Law In The Age Of The Trigger Warning”, https://www.buzzfeed.com/katiejmbaker/teaching-rape-law-in-the-age-of-the-trigger-warning?utm_term=.par3Gy4V7#.gcKwr03L4)
One criminal law...exploration," she said.
