Tournament: Berkeley | Round: 1 | Opponent: Brentwood LR | Judge: Tracy McFarland

Hate Speech Counter Advocacy

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Public Universities and colleges should establish restrictions on hate speech consistent with Byrne’s proposal. This includes restrictions on otherwise protected free speech. They will remove all other restrictions on protected free speech.  Byrne 91

Byrne, J. Peter. ~Associate Professor, Georgetown University Law Center.~ "Racial Insults and Free Speech Within the University." Geo. LJ 79 (1990): 399.
This article examines the constitutionality of university prohibitions of¶ public expression that insults members 

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fears and prejudices rather than to respect for others and informed judgment. 3

The counterplan establishes checks on reverse enforcement, chilling effect, and slippery slope. Byrne ‘91

Byrne, J. Peter. ~Associate Professor, Georgetown University Law Center.~ "Racial Insults and Free Speech Within the University." Geo. LJ 79 (1990): 399.
Disciplinary rules are the least effective way that a university can enhance¶ the quality 

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the¶ educational environment for blameless students against wanton and hurtful¶ ranting.

Hate speech degrades minorities, locking in the squo and ensuring their failure. Delgado 2k

Richard Delgado - Charles Inglis Thomson Professor of Law, University of Colorado. J.D., U. California-Berkeley, 1974. "TOWARD A LEGAL REALIST VIEW OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT." Harvard Law Review. January 2000. JJN
B. Hate Speech as a Concerted Harm Another realist observation concerns what some call 

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life of a single individual as well as its impact across large groups.

And hate speech primes society for genocide – multiple empirical examples prove. Tsesis 09

Tsesis, Alexander ~Loyola University Chicago School of Law~. "Dignity and speech: The regulation of hate speech in a democracy." (2009).
Permitting persons or organizations to spread ideology touting a¶ system of discriminatory laws or 

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, can be regulated without infringing on the fundamental¶ principles of democracy.

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Title IX investigations are increasing. Kingiade 16.

Tyler Kingkade. "There Are Far More Title IX Investigations Of Colleges Than Most People Know". Huffington Post. June 16, 2016. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/title-ix-investigations-sexual-harassment'us'575f4b0ee4b053d433061b3d AGM
The growing backlog of federal Title IX investigations into colleges and universities has now topped 

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a list of cases involving sexual harassment only, an official told HuffPost.

AFF guts effectiveness of Title IX – it causes first amendment opportunism. Schauer 04

Schauer, Frederick ~David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law~. "The boundaries of the First Amendment: A preliminary exploration of constitutional salience." Harvard Law Review (2004): 1765-1809.
In addition to the properties of First Amendment claims that may¶ make them less 

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dissent,'68 acknowledged¶ that the First Amendment was not totally irrelevant. 

Title IX is currently effective against harassment – this dramatically increases access to higher education.  Musil 07

Caryn Musil, Scaling the Ivory Towers, MS Magazine Fall 2007: The Triumphs of Title IX, http://www.feminist.org/education/TriumphsOfTitleIX.pdf.  NS
The contrast between her academic landscape and mine could not be more dramatic. And 

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, and thus a rise in women taking courses formerly dominated by men.

Gender equality in higher education and the workforce is key to climate science and innovation.  Gender Summit 13

Gender Summit 3 — North America, Diversity Fueling Excellence in Research and Innovation:
Conference Report, 11/13/13, https://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/activities/gendersummit/GS3-ConfReport.pdf.  NS
Ms. Jarrett noted that gender equality in STEM is not just a women's issue

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that cannot be reached without strong commitment to gender equality, he stated.

Climate innovations are the primary key to solve warming.  Moniz 15

Ernest Moniz (U.S. Secretary of Energy), Interviewed by David Biello, Accelerated Innovation Is the Ultimate Solution to Climate Change, Scientific American, 12/11/15, https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/accelerated-innovation-is-the-ultimate-solution-to-climate-change/.  NS
PARIS—From "clean coal" evangelists to solar power enthusiasts, most experts 

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But it sure looks like it would if it became a widespread technology.

Warming leads to extinction – multiple scenarios prove. Roberts ‘13

David Roberts - staff writer for Grist. "If you aren’t alarmed about climate, you aren’t paying attention." Grist. January 10, 2013. http://grist.org/climate-energy/climate-alarmism-the-idea-is-surreal/ JJN
There was recently another one of those (numbingly familiar) internet tizzies wherein someone 

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"alarmist" in this context. What level of alarm is adequate?