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 202 days ago by YesMovement 202 days 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.