[eDebate] On meaningful inclusion of marginalized students through altern...

[FijiPapabear at aol.com]

I am for all intents and purposes, or at least is one of the these  
unrepresented minorties in debate.  Being good looking and an active  interest in 
grooming, I care greatly about the status of debate.  Please  before you debate 
engage the bar of soap.  
 
 
 
 
All sillyness aside(except those about my vanity), my testimonial is this,  
performance does not win rounds.  Last year at CEDA Nats I did 6 rounds of  a 
performance and got beaten like rented mule with it.  I went 3-5 and won  on 
debate bad because my douchebag parter was a marginilaized lder.  These  teams 
that run performance and win, do so because they engage the critic and the  
other team fails to answer.  Before I get branded a performance hack or  anything 
of the sort, I enjoy politics, chinese nationalism, and economy debates  more 
than anyone else.  After all according to Matt Lindsay of Northwestern  
fame(not for his debate skills) I jerk off to the yuan debate, I just think  these 
performance teams speak better and lie more efficiently in the last  
rebuttals.  
 
Furthermore I think teams that lose to performance do so because they  engage 
with antagonism instead of with substance.  Aff teams, why doesnt  the perm 
solve?  HELLO!!!!!!  Who cares if it is jargon, it is  true. I don't think any 
neg team can properly disprove this, the debate  round proves.   
 
These rounds are important, because ultimately i think they prove  a true 
sense of argumentation, this forces the opposing  team to  engage in a differnt 
speaking style which is just as important.  
 
I would make more sense but the hurricane makes me crazy.  
 
 
Alex Acosta
U MIami Fl
 
 
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