Tournament: ALL | Round: Finals | Opponent: ALL | Judge: ALL
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Tournament: Samford | Round: 1 | Opponent: Multiple rounds | Judge:
We determine what is moral through conversational interaction, frameworks must first seek to preserve the possibility of interaction before assuming any other moral statements.
Hoppe 13 (Prof. Emeritus of Econ @ UNLV – “The Economics and Ethics of Private Property: Studies in Political Economy and Philosophy” – 2013)
First, it should ... proposal at all.

This human interaction requires tolerance.
Tinder 74 (Glenn, “In Defense of Pure Tolerance.” Teaches at UM Amherst. 1974)
(3) Tolerance is so ... inquiry and understanding.

I thus value communal Morality

Community requires the recasting of tolerance and morality from individual to communal perspectives, failure to do so risks harmful imaginative communal ideals.
Tinder 2
Along these lines ... this first step.

Thus the value criterion is respecting communal tolerance.

Contention 1: Marketplace of ideas

First, public colleges and universities in America should represent a marketplace of ideas.
Trama 11 (written for FIRE, “Keeping the Marketplace of Ideas Open in Schools,” 2011)
Former United States ... competition as possible. 

The marketplace of ideas works, the squo proves
Rosenbloom 11 (Oliver, Summer intern @ FIRE, “Can a College that Protects Free Speech be ‘Gay-Friendly?” 2011)
Some college administrators ... rights on campus.

When college campuses are allowed to be a marketplace of ideas, good ideas stay and bad ideas are weeded out.
Gordon 97 (Jill, prof. of Philosophy at Colby College. “Social Theory and Practice” Summer 1997).
Applying the metaphor ... of that word.

Students need the ability to tolerate hate speech, and respond with constructive argumentation.
Stone 16 (Geoffrey, Prof. at UChicago. “Bill of Rights at 225: Vexing free speech issues” – 2016)
First, there is ... democratic decision making.

Blatantly harmful speech, such as racial slurs, can be solved through counter speech- this is empirically proven.
Davidson 16 (Alexander, “The Freedom of Speech in Public Forums on College Campuses: A Single site case study on Pushing the Boundaries of the Freedom of Speech” – June 2016).
All experts agree ... combat the issue.

Free speech increases tolerance.
Gordon 2
All ideas must ... demonstrating their superiority.

Contention 2: College Journalism

Censorship of student journalism is increasing/could get worse. This discourages journalism and discussion.
Schuman 16 (Rebecca, columnist for Slate. “Student journalists are under threat” – 2016)
Well, here’s some ... censorship is acceptable.

The hosty court case allows admins to censor- this is bad for the existence of independent collegiate media.
Harris 05 (Samantha, researcher, went to UPenn Law. Appellate Petition, Motion and Filing for Seventh Circuit Court – October 2005).
Commentators from across ... it is lost.”

Censorship of college journalism guts civic engagement—meaning that students aren’t able to speak out on matters of importance.
LoMonte (Student Press Law Center Exec. Dir., 2016 – “College Media Threats Report 2016)
Frank D. LoMonte ... always be guaranteed.”