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Re:How critical theory is radicalizing high school debate by shortrounddev2 on Saturday July 29, 2023 @11:11PM (#36927442)
> This piece is not about the vast majority of high school debate and is probably going to create some real headaches for people just trying to run an after-school activity.

My experience is that these kind of politics are universal in policy debate, not so much LD or PF

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Re:How critical theory is radicalizing high school debate by nrfulton on Saturday July 29, 2023 @11:45PM (#36927621)
I think your experience is atypical. In most circuits, the typical judge is a parent with no particular knowledge about debate and certainly not a tabroom.com paradigm.
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Re:How critical theory is radicalizing high school debate by shortrounddev2 on Sunday July 30, 2023 @01:12PM (#36933416)
We got, like, 50% lay judges (parents) and 50% competitive college debaters.
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Re:How critical theory is radicalizing high school debate by ang_cire on Sunday July 30, 2023 @03:58PM (#36935293)
50% experienced judges? Damn, you were lucky af.
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