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| Grapevine Classic | 5 | Plano East AW | Stuckert, James |
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| Grapevine Classic | Doubles | Strake Jesuit VC | Self, Connor - Broussard, Austin - Sun, Favian |
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| Yale University Invitational 2021 | 2 | King CP | Waldman, Ben |
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| Grapevine Classic | 5 | Opponent: Plano East AW | Judge: Stuckert, James 1ac - domination democracy adv afc aprioris |
| Grapevine Classic | 1 | Opponent: Strake Jesuit JWe | Judge: McLoughlin, Samantha 1ac - kant democracy |
| Grapevine Classic | 4 | Opponent: Dulles VN | Judge: Georges, Joseph 1ac - 21 Savage must give permissibility or presumption |
| Grapevine Classic | Doubles | Opponent: Strake Jesuit VC | Judge: Self, Connor - Broussard, Austin - Sun, Favian 1ac - kant tricks |
| Yale University Invitational 2021 | 2 | Opponent: King CP | Judge: Waldman, Ben 1ac - domination disclose analytics afc |
| ye | Finals | Opponent: opps | Judge: ysn flow rr |
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0 - Contact InfoTournament: ye | Round: Finals | Opponent: opps | Judge: ysn flow | 7/7/21 |
0 - NavigationTournament: ye | Round: Finals | Opponent: opps | Judge: ysn flow | 9/11/21 |
1 - AFCTournament: Grapevine Classic | Round: 5 | Opponent: Plano East AW | Judge: Stuckert, James Interpretation: The negative must concede the affirmative's framework choice if it's theoretically justified.You violate by reading another framing mechanism and/or contesting mine – 6 ways out if you concede AFC – T or theory, counterplans, disads impact turns, kritiks impacted to the aff, and link turns~1~ Strat skew – The NC can adapt to the 1AC – but the 1AC can't adapt to the NC. The 1AC is already behind on strategy because it has to commit to a strategy since they talk first, but AFC levels the playing field.~2~ Contention level debate – We only have the topic for two months, but we can debate FW every single round. That means contention level offense OW and we should commit to deeper substantive clash.~3~ Ground – I can't cut cards and have ground under their framework in 4 minutes of prep time, – ground outweighs because there's no way I can win without making arguments. They can answer the aff though because its disclosed 30 minute before the round and have access to unique positions to Nibs and TFairness is a voter – all args concede the validity, it's a metaconstraint.Education – it's the only reason schools fund debate.No RVIs on AC theory – They have 13 minutes of theory debate while the aff has 7, also it's preemptive so violating was their choice – incentivizes dumping on theory and not engaging in substance.Drop the Negative Debater – They can read infinite 1NC layers. Drop the arg doesn't solve because they'll still win the debate.Competing interps – Reasonability is arbitrary and invites judge intervention | 9/11/21 |
1 - CondoTournament: Grapevine Classic | Round: 1 | Opponent: Strake Jesuit JWe | Judge: McLoughlin, Samantha Conditionality's a voting issue:1~ Strat skew – splits the 1ar by forcing me to argue against multiple worlds with different uniqueness conditions which precludes taking advantage of strategic interactions and contradictions2~ Clash – incentivizes reading many short advocacies and going for the least covered which moots 1ar responses and prevents going in-depth on their position's nuances. Outweighs because external education and multiple rounds solve their education impacts but clash only occurs in-round | 9/11/21 |
1 - Disclose AnalyticsTournament: Yale University Invitational 2021 | Round: 2 | Opponent: King CP | Judge: Waldman, Ben Interpretation: Debaters should disclose the warrants to all analytic arguments unrelated to personal narratives made in their constructive speeches without evidence on the NDCA LD wiki page. Analytics disclose the entire argument read with warrants.Violation: I've inserted screenshots.1~ Accessibility – Debaters with ADHD or dysgraphia would have a difficult time mind sweeping through warrants of tons of tricks especially when you suddenly surprise them. Accessibility is an independent voting issue and outweighs other argument since it controls the internal link to being able to engage in the first place – it's the terminal impact to fairness and it's an impact multiplier on everything since people quit when excluded. Asking them doesn't solve – all our arguments show that disclosing millions of analytics 10 minutes before round is impossible, inaccessible, and doesn't solve stealing good. | 9/17/21 |
1 - PICsTournament: Grapevine Classic | Round: 1 | Opponent: Strake Jesuit JWe | Judge: McLoughlin, Samantha | 9/11/21 |
1 - Permissibility or PresumptionTournament: Grapevine Classic | Round: 4 | Opponent: Dulles VN | Judge: Georges, Joseph Interpretation – The negative must grant the aff presumption or permissibility. A violation would be reading both or contesting one ~1~ Strat skew – otherwise it incentivizes the 1n to read multiple NIBs and frontload the 1n with presumption and permissibility offense which is particularly bad since there isn't a substantive truth to either side | 9/11/21 |
3 - Theoretical PermissibilityTournament: Grapevine Classic | Round: 4 | Opponent: Dulles VN | Judge: Georges, Joseph I'll concede no 1AR theory – If I don't get 1AR theory to check back for abuse that means the 1NC can theoretically do anything which means any theoretical thing is permissible which means it triggers permissibility – this is not a substantive trigger rather a trigger on the theoretical layer of the debate. This implicates your ballot in 2 ways – a) vote aff because permissibility affirms – b) takes out NC theory because even if I violated something, anyone can violate anything. That means it comes before NC theory because it determines how theory works. | 9/11/21 |
SO - 1AC - Domination v1Tournament: Grapevine Classic | Round: 5 | Opponent: Plano East AW | Judge: Stuckert, James 1AC – FrameworkThe meta ethic is practical reason-~1~ Ethics must be derived a priori – moral truths exist independently of the empirical world. Prefer –A~ Uncertainty – our experiences are inaccessible to others which allows people to say they don't experience the same, however a priori principles are universally applied to all agents which makes it action guidingB~ Naturalistic fallacy – experience only tells us what is since we can only perceive what is, not what ought to be, this means experience may be generally useful but should not be the basis for ethical action.~2~ Agents have a constitutive right to freedom –A~ Inescapability – to deny agency is self-contradictory because questioning your agency is exercising that same agency. Thus, exercising free agency – justifying judgements and freely taking actions – is constitutive of subjectivityB~ Principle of Generic Consistency – freedom is constitutive of agency and is necessary good. Denying freedom in general in contradictory since it justifies interference in your ability to take actions and make judgements in the first place~3~ Freedom is not just the absence of interference – a slaveowner who does not interfere in the affairs of their slaves has not made them "freer," because they are still subject to domination, a regime of potential arbitrary intervention. Prefer freedom as nondomination – better corrects noninterfering forms of subjugation through institutional restraints.Pettit '96 ~Philip Pettit, "Freedom as Antipower," Ethics, Vol. 106, No. 3 (Apr. 1996), pp. 576-604. Pettit is the Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of University Center for Human Values at Princeton University and also Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at the Australian National University.~ CHSTM ~Recut JB~ Thus, the standard is establishing checks against domination. To clarify, domination is an intrinsic wrong.Prefer additionally –1~ Analytical philosophy means anyone can generate offense under the framework with analytics without evidence – couple impactsa) Accessibility – util disproportionately favors evidence-based debate which is what big schools with coaching staffs have which kills small school engagementb) Ground – it ensures that there's always offense on both sides whereas util might skew against an uninherent aff because of what countries doc) Critical thinking – ensures that you engage and contest offense instead of running to cards for argumentation2~ Actor spec – nondomination is the only notion of freedom that can be deployed by the state because all bodies exist in communities3~ Motivation – it's the only motivating factor for action because you require reason and nondomination to take action1AC – Offense~1~ Rich countries use IP to block access to medicines from developing countries – vaccine access IS an issue and this perpetuates a global regime of domination. Also solves COVID.Meredith 4/15 ~Sam Meredith, 4-15-2021, "Rich countries are refusing to waive the rights on Covid vaccines as global cases hit record levels," CNBC, https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/22/covid-rich-countries-are-refusing-to-waive-ip-rights-on-vaccines.html JB~ ~2~ CPs don't solve and no NC offense – IP for medicine is racist and has historically been used to target black and brown folk.
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SO - 1AC - Domination v2Tournament: Yale University Invitational 2021 | Round: 2 | Opponent: King CP | Judge: Waldman, Ben 1AC – Domination1AC – FrameworkThe meta ethic is practical reason-~1~ Ethics must be derived a prioriA~ Uncertainty – if we base ethics on a postieri knowledge, our experiences are subjective and unverifiable, but principles created with the bases if a priori in the noumenal world are universally the same with all agents. That outweighs because if ethics are subjective that allows people to justify atrocities by saying they don't experience the sameB~ Is/Ought Gap – experience in the physical world only descriptively tells us what is, not what ought to because we won't know the best course of action, only what we can perceive. Thus it's not possible to create an ought statement through descriptive premises which means there must be a premises created in the noumenal a priori world to make a moral theory so we can see if an action is good in a vacuum and in all situations.~2~ Agents have a constitutive right to freedom –A~ Inescapability – to deny agency is self-contradictory because questioning your agency is exercising that same agency. Thus, exercising free agency – justifying judgements and freely taking actions – is constitutive of subjectivityB~ Principle of Generic Consistency – freedom is constitutive of agency and is necessary good. Denying freedom in general in contradictory since it justifies interference in your ability to take actions and make judgements in the first place – also justifies phenomenal ontological statusGewirth 84 ~Gewirth, A. (1984). The Ontological Basis of Natural Law: A Critique and an Alternative. The American Journal of Jurisprudence, 29(1), 95–121. doi:10.1093/ajj/29.1.95 JB (brackets for gendered language)~ ~3~ Freedom is not just the absence of interference – a slaveowner who does not interfere in the affairs of their slaves has not made them "freer," because they are still subject to domination, a regime of potential arbitrary intervention. Prefer freedom as nondomination – better corrects noninterfering forms of subjugation through institutional restraints.Pettit '96 ~Philip Pettit, "Freedom as Antipower," Ethics, Vol. 106, No. 3 (Apr. 1996), pp. 576-604. Pettit is the Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of University Center for Human Values at Princeton University and also Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at the Australian National University.~ CHSTM ~Recut JB~ ~4~ Non-domination requires specific interventions by the state to protect the polity from subjugation – laws do not infringe on freedoms but enable them. Only when interrelations are mutually governed by a system of non-arbitrary communal public rules is it possible for citizens to enjoy independence from arbitrary rule.Pettit '05 ~Philip Pettit, "The Domination Complaint", Nomos, Vol. 46, POLITICAL EXCLUSION AND DOMINATION (2005), pp. 87-117.~ CHSTM ~Recut JB~ Thus, the standard is establishing checks against domination.Prefer additionally –1~ Performativity – debate as an institution is defined not just how we perform as individuals but how we interact as a community, ensuring the community is free of domination by removing subjugating regimes so everyone is equally respected and everyone's voices can be heard is a pre-requisite to being able to debate.2~ Actor-specificity – non-domination is the only notion of freedom that can apply to state actors since individuals always exist in communities and communal governance always involves restrictions3~ Inclusion – analytical philosophy allows for anyone to make responses to it with no carded evidence1AC – AdvocacyThus the advocacy – Resolved: The member nations of the World Trade Organization ought to reduce intellectual property protections for medicines.Patents, jurisdiction in every country 1AC – Offense~1~ Rich countries use IP to block access to medicines from developing countries – vaccine access IS an issue and this perpetuates a global regime of domination.Meredith 4/15 ~Sam Meredith, 4-15-2021, "Rich countries are refusing to waive the rights on Covid vaccines as global cases hit record levels," CNBC, https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/22/covid-rich-countries-are-refusing-to-waive-ip-rights-on-vaccines.html JB~ ~2~ IP for medicine is racist and has historically been used to target black and brown folk.
~3~ No NC offense and CPs don't solve – Patents are arbitrary and assert ownership over nature and doesn't meet a priori truth.Long 95 ~(Roderick T., professor of philosophy at Auburn University, editor of the Journal of Ayn Rand Studies, director and president of the Molinari Institute and a Senior Fellow at the Center for a Stateless Society) "The Libertarian Case Against Intellectual Property Rights," Free Nation Foundation, 1995~ JL recut Lex VM | 9/17/21 |
SO - 1AC - K - 21 SavageTournament: Grapevine Classic | Round: 4 | Opponent: Dulles VN | Judge: Georges, Joseph FootnoteHere is a link to 21 Savage songs – check it out and feel free to add any 21 savage songs that you think deserves to be on UNDERVIEW AT BOTTOM1AC – ThesisThe date is February 3, 2019. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided 21 Savage and took custody as a reaction to his live performance of his song a lot ft. J. Cole. He performed the song and freestyled as a strategy to speak up against the elitist system that continues an unjust border patrol.Ahmad 20 ~Ahmad, Nadia, Climate Cages: Connecting Migration, the Carceral State, Extinction Rebellion, and the Coronavirus through Cicero and 21 Savage (July 21, 2020). Loyola Law Review, New Orleans, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3657096 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3657096 LEX JB~ The arrest of 21 Savage is something greater than an ICE investigation. It is an operation by corporatist capitalism to silence immigrants who historically speak up against it, like issues of environmentalism. The way that capitalism structures a system of corporatism proactively excludes immigrants who have their lives destroyedAhmad 20 ~Ahmad, Nadia, Climate Cages: Connecting Migration, the Carceral State, Extinction Rebellion, and the Coronavirus through Cicero and 21 Savage (July 21, 2020). Loyola Law Review, New Orleans, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3657096 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3657096 LEX JB~ These systems are tortureLenders 18, Mark Lenders, 2018, The Effects of Deportation on Families and Communities, Community Psychology: Social Justice Through Collaborative Research and Action, https://www.communitypsychology.com/effects-of-deportation-on-families-communities/ SJ||DH Thus, the only ethical demand is to endorse a politics of Pan-Africanism through the embodiment of 21 SavageAsante 16 ~Asante, Godfried; Sekimoto, Sachi; Brown, Christopher (2016). Becoming "Black": Exploring the Racialized Experiences of African Immigrants in the United States. Howard Journal of Communications, 27(4), 367–384. doi:10.1080/10646175.2016.1206047 LEX JB~ 1AC – Framework~1~ Sheyaa's lyricism can redefine subjectivities and break down borders, enhancing cultural range and changing political narratives – the aff controls the internal link to movement buildingMorgan Bennett 11 ~Marcyliena Morgan and Dionne Bennett "Hip-Hop and the Global Imprint of a Black Cultural Form" Daedalus , Spring 2011, Vol. 140, No. 2, Race, Inequality and Culture, volume 2 (Spring 2011), pp. 176-196 The MIT Press on behalf of American Academy of Arts and Sciences https://www.jstor.org/stable/23047460 LEX JB~ Thus, the role of the ballot is to vote for the debater who best methodologically breaks down borders. The status quo is predicated on the selective law enforcement that targeted 21 Savage, but we say these borders and enforcement shouldn't exist. Independently vote me up for breaking the border of 21 Savage literature in debate. Fiat is illusory, but the k has material impact on us as there are existing borders in debate.Giroux 05 (Giroux is an American and Canadian scholar and cultural critic and received his doctorate from Carnegie Melon. "Border Crossing: Cultural Workers and the Politics of Education" Second Edition 2005 Taylor and Francis Group https://www.amazon.com/Border-Crossings-Cultural-Politics-Education/dp/0415951496) SJ 1AC – AdvocacyThus, the advocacy – The member nations of the World Trade Organization ought to reduce intellectual property protections for medicines – spec in cross to avoid friv theoryEvery IP 1AC – ContentionImperialist countries are blocking WTO access to medicines.Doctors Without Borders 3/9 ~Doctors Without Borders - USA, 3-9-2021, "US must stop blocking WTO waiver on COVID-19 medical tools," https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/news-stories/news/us-must-stop-blocking-wto-waiver-covid-19-medical-tools JB~ The plan solves – Doctors Without Borders is an organization that allows refugees at the border to countergaze and realize consciousness. This reaffirms breaking down borders through access of medical supply.Doctors Without Borders ~Doctors Without Borders - USA, No Date, "Global migration and refugee crisis," https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/refugees JB~ | 9/11/21 |
SO - 1AC - Kant v1Tournament: Grapevine Classic | Round: 1 | Opponent: Strake Jesuit JWe | Judge: McLoughlin, Samantha | 9/11/21 |
SO - 1AC - Kant v2Tournament: Grapevine Classic | Round: Doubles | Opponent: Strake Jesuit VC | Judge: Self, Connor - Broussard, Austin - Sun, Favian | 9/12/21 |
SO - Adv - Democracy v1Tournament: Grapevine Classic | Round: 1 | Opponent: Strake Jesuit JWe | Judge: McLoughlin, Samantha The Advantage is Democracy.Global democracy is collapsing nowFreedom House 3/3 ~Freedom House. Freedom House works to defend human rights and promote democratic change, with a focus on political rights and civil liberties. We act as a catalyst for freedom through a combination of analysis, advocacy, and action. Our analysis, focused on 13 central issues, is underpinned by our international program work. "New Report: The global decline in democracy has accelerated". 3-3-2021. . https://freedomhouse.org/article/new-report-global-decline-democracy-has-accelerated.~~ India is in a democracy crisis now which has caused the second wave.Singh 7/5 ~Prerna Singh, July 5, 2021 at 5:00 a.m., "India has become an 'electoral autocracy.' Its covid-19 catastrophe is no surprise", https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/07/05/india-has-become-an-electoral-autocracy-its-covid-19-catastrophe-is-no-surprise JB~ The second wave and lack of journalistic freedom revives IndoPak escalation.Somos 20 ~Christy Somos, December 17, 2020, "COVID-19 has escalated armed conflict in India, Pakistan, Iraq, Libya and the Philippines, study finds," https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/covid-19-has-escalated-armed-conflict-in-india-pakistan-iraq-libya-and-the-philippines-study-finds-1.5236738 JB~ ExtinctionRoblin 21. ~(Sébastien Roblin holds a master's degree in Conflict Resolution from Georgetown University and served as a university instructor for the Peace Corps in China, "If the Next India-Pakistan War Goes Nuclear, It Will Destroy the World," The National Interest, March 26, 2021. https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/if-next-india-pakistan-war-goes-nuclear-it-will-destroy-world-181134~~ TDI Democracies are key to solving climate change – data, empirics, metastudies, etc.Looney 16 ~Robert Looney, JUNE 1, 2016, "Democracy Is the Answer to Climate Change", https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/06/01/democracy-is-the-answer-to-climate-change JB~ ExtinctionSpecktor 19 ~Brandon writes about the science of everyday life for Live Science, and previously for Reader's Digest magazine, where he served as an editor for five years~ 6-4-2019, "Human Civilization Will Crumble by 2050 If We Don't Stop Climate Change Now, New Paper Claims," livescience, https://www.livescience.com/65633-climate-change-dooms-humans-by-2050.html Justin The plan solves – reducing IP for medicine is consistent with democratic ideals, builds revolutionary movement against neoliberalism, and provides reparations to Global South~Thomas Hanna, 9-21-2020, "Democratizing knowledge: Transforming intellectual property and research and development," Democracy Collaborative, https://democracycollaborative.org/learn/publication/democratizing-knowledge-transforming-intellectual-property-and-research-and JB~ | 9/11/21 |
SO - Adv - Democracy v2Tournament: Grapevine Classic | Round: 5 | Opponent: Plano East AW | Judge: Stuckert, James Global democracy is collapsing nowFreedom House 3/3 ~Freedom House. Freedom House works to defend human rights and promote democratic change, with a focus on political rights and civil liberties. We act as a catalyst for freedom through a combination of analysis, advocacy, and action. Our analysis, focused on 13 central issues, is underpinned by our international program work. "New Report: The global decline in democracy has accelerated". 3-3-2021. . https://freedomhouse.org/article/new-report-global-decline-democracy-has-accelerated.~~ India is in a democracy crisis now which has caused the second wave.Singh 7/5 ~Prerna Singh, July 5, 2021 at 5:00 a.m., "India has become an 'electoral autocracy.' Its covid-19 catastrophe is no surprise", https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/07/05/india-has-become-an-electoral-autocracy-its-covid-19-catastrophe-is-no-surprise JB recut by Lex AKo~ The second wave and lack of journalistic freedom revives IndoPak escalation.Somos 20 ~Christy Somos, December 17, 2020, "COVID-19 has escalated armed conflict in India, Pakistan, Iraq, Libya and the Philippines, study finds," https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/covid-19-has-escalated-armed-conflict-in-india-pakistan-iraq-libya-and-the-philippines-study-finds-1.5236738 JB Recut by Lex AKo~ Extinction – first strike and fallout blocks the sunRoblin 21. ~(Sébastien Roblin holds a master's degree in Conflict Resolution from Georgetown University and served as a university instructor for the Peace Corps in China, "If the Next India-Pakistan War Goes Nuclear, It Will Destroy the World," The National Interest, March 26, 2021. https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/if-next-india-pakistan-war-goes-nuclear-it-will-destroy-world-181134~~ TDI Democracies are key to solving climate change – data, empirics, metastudies, etc.Looney 16 ~Robert Looney, JUNE 1, 2016, "Democracy Is the Answer to Climate Change", https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/06/01/democracy-is-the-answer-to-climate-change JB~ ExtinctionSpecktor 19 ~Brandon writes about the science of everyday life for Live Science, and previously for Reader's Digest magazine, where he served as an editor for five years~ 6-4-2019, "Human Civilization Will Crumble by 2050 If We Don't Stop Climate Change Now, New Paper Claims," livescience, https://www.livescience.com/65633-climate-change-dooms-humans-by-2050.html Justin The plan solves – reducing IP for medicine is consistent with democratic ideals, builds revolutionary movement against neoliberalism, and provides reparations to Global South~Thomas Hanna, 9-21-2020, "Democratizing knowledge: Transforming intellectual property and research and development," Democracy Collaborative, https://democracycollaborative.org/learn/publication/democratizing-knowledge-transforming-intellectual-property-and-research-and JB~ | 9/11/21 |
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