Elkins Manoj Aff
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0 - Contact InfoTournament: Any | Round: Finals | Opponent: Any | Judge: Any Here's all my contact info in order of how likely I am to respond: I'll disclose to the best of my ability, but if there's something specific you want from me, just message me personally and I'll do my best to help you out. Most of all, I just want to have a good round, so if there's something insufficient about my disclosure practices, please just ask me before the round and I'll do my best to comply with the interp. This can also include any specific interps you would like me to meet before round, such as "Must Specify X" and spikes on top, or even any trigger warnings or pronouns so we can make the debate as comfortable as possible for both of us. | 12/22/21 |
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MA - AC - FaxxxTournament: TFA State | Round: 1 | Opponent: Pasadena DB | Judge: Adrian Sendejas 1AC – DemocracyAmerican democracy is backsliding now because of intense polarization—it's on the brink.Talisse 1/3 (Robert B. Talisse; Robert B. Talisse is W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University; published 1-3-2022; "America's political polarization is a threat to healthy democracy"; https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/1/3/22865507/political-polarization-partisanship-democracy-america-robert-talisse-the-conversation-op-ed; accessed 2-21-2022; Elkins AM) Media bias is a key contributor to polarization—it creates a vicious cycle.Wilson et al. '20 (Anne E. Wilson, Victoria A. Parker, and Matthew Feinberg; Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada; Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Canada; published 8-2020; "Polarization in the contemporary political and media landscape"; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352154620301078~~#bib0080; accessed 2-15-2022; Elkins AM) Preserving a US-led democratic order is key to solve a litany of existential threats through international cooperation.Kasparov '17 (Garry Kasparov; Chairman of the Human Rights Foundation and author of Winter Is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped; published 2-6-2017; "Democracy and Human Rights: The Case for U.S. Leadership"; https://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/021617_Kasparov_20Testimony.pdf; accessed 8-23-2020; Elkins AM) Bipartisan consensus is key to solve climate change—it's try or die.Eberhart '20 (Dan Eberhart; Dan Eberhart is CEO of Canary, LLC.; published 2-13-2020; "The Real Political Divide: Do We Solve Climate Change With American Ingenuity Or More Government Regulation?"; https://www.forbes.com/sites/daneberhart/2020/02/13/economic-growth-defines-climate-change-divide-between-republicans-and-democrats/~~#13d8d6a423ba; accessed 10-1-2020; Elkins AM) Warming causes extinction—turns every impact AND their models under-estimate it.Spratt and Dunlop '19 (David Spratt and Ian Dunlop; David Spratt is a Research Director for Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration, Melbourne, and co-author of Climate Code Red: The case for emergency action; Ian T. Dunlop is a member of the Club of Rome. Formerly an international oil, gas and coal industry executive, chairman of the Australian Coal Association, chief executive of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and chair of the Australian Greenhouse Office Experts Group on Emissions Trading 1998-2000; published May 2019; "Existential climate-related security risk: A scenario approach"; https://52a87f3e-7945-4bb1-abbf-9aa66cd4e93e.filesusr.com/ugd/148cb0_90dc2a2637f348edae45943a88da04d4.pdf; accessed 10-9-2020; Elkins AM) 1AC – CorruptionCorruption is on the rise now, especially in democracies.Al Jazeera 1/25 (Al Jazeera; published 1-25-2022; "Corruption is on the rise and pummeling human rights: New report"; https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/1/25/corruption-is-on-the-rise-and-pummeling-human-rights-new-report; accessed 2-23-2022; Elkins AM) Media advocacy allows government corruption to go unchecked—they're in the government's pocket.Vanderwicken '14 (Peter Vanderwicken; Peter Vanderwicken is editor of Vanderwicken's Financial Digest, a newsletter for financial executives, in New Hope, Pennsylvania. Previously, he was a journalist at Time, Fortune, and the Wall Street Journal and the head of corporate communication at J.P. Morgan and Company; published 8-2014; "Why the News Is Not the Truth"; https://hbr.org/1995/05/why-the-news-is-not-the-truth; accessed 2-23-2022; Elkins AM) That kills economic growth—it's even worse in democracies.Weber '08 (Weber, James. "The Impact of Corruption on Economic Growth: Does Government Matter?" Academy of Management Perspectives, vol. 22, no. 4, 2008, pp. 80–82. JSTOR, JSTOR, (www.jstor.org/stable/27747481)BWSLE recut Elkins AM) A prolonged economic crisis escalates to a large-scale global conflict—lack of reforms, high inequality, and isolationism.Liu '18 (Qian Liu; China-based economist; published 11-11-2018; "From economic crisis to World War III"; https://www.neweurope.eu/article/from-economic-crisis-to-world-war-iii; accessed 3-9-2021; Elkins AM) Nuclear war causes extinction—famine, fallout, and Ice Age.Starr '15 (Steven Starr; Steven is an Associate member of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and has been published by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. His writings appear on the websites of PSR, the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Center for Arms Control, Energy and Environmental Studies, Scientists for Global Responsibility, and the International Network of Scientists Against Proliferation. From 2007 through 2011, he worked with the governments of Switzerland, Chile, and New Zealand, in support of their efforts at the United Nations to eliminate thousands of high-alert, launch-ready nuclear weapons. Mr. Starr is also an expert on the environmental consequences of nuclear war, and in 2011, he made an address to the U.N. First Committee describing the dangers that nuclear weapons and nuclear war poses to all nations and peoples. He has made presentations to Ministry Officials, Parliamentarians, Universities, citizens and students from around the world, and specializes in making technical scientific information understandable to all audiences.; published 2-28-2015; "Nuclear War: An Unrecognized Mass Extinction Event Waiting To Happen"; https://ratical.org/radiation/NuclearExtinction/StevenStarr022815.html; Elkins AM) 1AC – PlanIn a democracy, a free press ought to prioritize objectivity over advocacy.Objectivity in journalism is fact-based, non-subjective reporting.McLaughlin '16 (Greg McLaughlin; Greg McLaughlin is an Associate of the Centre for Media Research at Ulster University; published 2016; "Journalism, Objectivity and War from The War Correspondent on JSTOR"; https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt19qgf0x.7; accessed 2-22-2022; Elkins AM) | 3/10/22 |
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