How critical theory is radicalizing high school debate

Re:How critical theory is radicalizing high school debate by zbentley on Saturday July 29, 2023 @03:12PM (#36923460)

Careful note taking, keeping your head and identifying contingent and similar arguments such that you don't have to spend tons of time on each counterpoint, prioritizing offensive ("your claim X actually supports my side, not yours, because Y", aka. turns) rebuttals over defensive ones, and not spending undue time on weaker claims that the judge is likely to doubt as well.

There's a lot more you can do, but those are some pretty uncontentious strategies.

Source: debated for 8 years in school.

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Re:How critical theory is radicalizing high school debate by lupire on Saturday July 29, 2023 @08:37PM (#36926425)

The way to respond to Gish Gallop is to refuse to engage.

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Re:How critical theory is radicalizing high school debate by zbentley on Sunday July 30, 2023 @03:16PM (#36934875)

I was referring to competitive debate, where refusal to engage isn't a feasible option: judges rarely consider "spreading" (Gish Galloping, basically) inherently abusive, and convincing them of its abusiveness via a speed Kritik is widely considered to be a poor strategy, since the offending team is likely able to overwhelm the points of the Kritik with spreading as well.

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