Worst argument in debate

[Nonegfiat 645]

what comes to mind when yall hear "worst argument in debate?"

not including things like racism good because that's obv not an argument

 

I for one really hate death good. I think it's violent but people seem to get away with it

[TheSnowball 1433]

Just check your signature...

[Nonegfiat 645]

Just check your signature...

Yes. 100%. That thing is a meme of an argument

[elmeryang00 134]

Antonio 95. Hands down. 

[Chaos 2587]

Constitutionality is a d-rule.

[Cakeisawesome12345 28]

Constitutionality is a d-rule.

I really want to see that in a round.

[TheSnowball 1433]

Constitutionality is a d-rule.

"Kant's ideas should control the understanding of the Constitution, most particularly the commands of due process of law, as Part IV explains. Although never explicitly cited as authority, Kant's dignity principle informs modern due process jurisprudence, which is sensible because the Constitution was drafted to enforce the moral quest commemorated in the Declaration. The comfortable application of Kantian ethics to constitutional due process demonstrates that, in the singular sense described above, the Constitution should be, must be and is a suicide pact."

[KushPatel 19]

Someone ran something against me once called the Save the Whales argument. Basically, you are being evil for helping people because you are viewing them as helpless thus like the whales.

[GracchusBabeuf 39]

welp, antonio is in every 1nc guess i’m a bad person arsn’t i

[B3njaminX 1]

Someone ran something against me once called the Save the Whales argument. Basically, you are being evil for helping people because you are viewing them as helpless thus like the whales.

White savorism 

Edited November 3, 2017 by B3njaminX

[GracchusBabeuf 39]

Someone ran something against me once called the Save the Whales argument. Basically, you are being evil for helping people because you are viewing them as helpless thus like the whales.

your explanation of the argument is a gross simplification into a straw man logical fallacy. this is actually a very common argument supported by many critics, i.e. bauman, baudrillard, lacan, and other postmodern theorists. whomever you hit must have not been well-read

[GracchusBabeuf 39]

if you want to break debate, just argue “condo is severance” trust me, someone tried it against me

[KushPatel 19]

your explanation of the argument is a gross simplification into a straw man logical fallacy. this is actually a very common argument supported by many critics, i.e. bauman, baudrillard, lacan, and other postmodern theorists. whomever you hit must have not been well-read

Sorry about my simplification- I just tried to explain how I understood it from my opponent

[GracchusBabeuf 39]

Sorry about my simplification- I just tried to explain how I understood it from my opponent

no apology needed, hope i didn’t come off as hostile

[Miro 1470]

<p>Spark</p>

Edited November 5, 2017 by Miro

[Chaos 2587]

I want to see somebody read Wipeout with an insect suffering impact.

[SimonSays 2]

Someone from my league ran Anthro K with Wipeout as a CP and won

[VishvakBandi 5]

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Edited March 14, 2018 by VishvakBandi

[DisBoiuLIfe 55]

I think one of the worst arguments is baudrillard because it's plain false

[DogeDuck 6]

T - Substantial

 

With the interpretation being that the aff must increase by x percent 

[TheSnowball 1433]

T - Substantial

 

With the interpretation being that the aff must increase by x percent

 

I mean, I don't know. If the Aff specified they give a $1,000 grant to STEM, I might try T Substantial.

[GracchusBabeuf 39]

I want to see somebody read Wipeout with an insect suffering impact.

bet. i’ll make sure to have a performance too. my partner and i will recreate the sufferring the insects undergo. it’ll be an automatic neg ballot, because they’ll concede the performance and then there will be bataille surrealism in the 2nc

[TheTrashDebater 168]

bet. i’ll make sure to have a performance too. my partner and i will recreate the sufferring the insects undergo. it’ll be an automatic neg ballot, because they’ll concede the performance and then there will be bataille surrealism in the 2nc

That reminds me of something but I can't put my finger on it

[DogeDuck 6]

I mean, I don't know. If the Aff specified they give a $1,000 grant to STEM, I might try T Substantial.

In that case I feel like the interp wouldn't be a percentage. Regardless of what one considers substantial, we can probably all agree that a thousand dollars to fund a program that cost millions or even billions isnt "a large amount". My problem comes when teams run T - Substantial with interps that are taken waaaaaay out of context(a one about substantial must be 20% in relation to apartment tenants comes to mind). Also how do you prove that the aff is increasing by a percent? Is funding STEM by a billion dollars 20 percent or 99%? Its just a argument that teams waste time on, never go for, and I feel devalues the educational side of debate as we all wasted time on a pointless argument. 

 

 

Edit: I hate T - Increase - Pre-existence for the same reason. Even if I am creating a new program, I still have to find lit as to how said program solves my harms or creates my advantages, thus lit probably exists as to why that program doesn't work

Edited November 7, 2017 by DogeDuck

[NickDB8 508]

In that case I feel like the interp wouldn't be a percentage. Regardless of what one considers substantial, we can probably all agree that a thousand dollars to fund a program that cost millions or even billions isnt "a large amount". My problem comes when teams run T - Substantial with interps that are taken waaaaaay out of context(a one about substantial must be 20% in relation to apartment tenants comes to mind). Also how do you prove that the aff is increasing by a percent? Is funding STEM by a billion dollars 20 percent or 99%? Its just a argument that teams waste time on, never go for, and I feel devalues the educational side of debate as we all wasted time on a pointless argument. 

 

 

Edit: I hate T - Increase - Pre-existence for the same reason. Even if I am creating a new program, I still have to find lit as to how said program solves my harms or creates my advantages, thus lit probably exists as to why that program doesn't work

i've started reading t - substantial is of sizeable quantity against small affs, or something similar. picked up going for it in a lay round vs the natives aff