70 Final round of most prestigious national high school debate tournament. Team A tells Team B they won't debate assigned topic (benefits/costs of the IMF) because trans people are being genocided by MAGA Republicans and that is way more important (twitter.com) posted 1 year ago by YesMovement 1 year ago by YesMovement +71 / -1 67 comments share 67 comments share save hide report block hide replies
20 some years ago, the strategy was slightly more complex, but similar:
A) Be "of color"
B) Argue that topic is "raciss" and present evidence that end
C) Win
Debate has been dead for a long time, but watching the cultural vultures pick over the corpse once again is entertaining.
I remember for a while there they'd just yell and rap about their victim bullshit and of course they'd win.